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Originally Posted by passingbat

Your anti BBC stance does make me smile.

Re that above statement, this article makes the point way better than I ever could.

http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2015/11/itvs...no-hold-water/

I don't believe the BBC should be going toe to toe with commercial broadcasters for prime time ratings. Buying in a foreign format is all money spent and none gained. They should be producing their own programming and selling the format to help fund it. Look at what they achieved with Top Gear. Phenomenonly successful world wide and the generator of millions of pounds of revenue for our otherwise publicly funded public service broadcaster. Given its funding model best value should be at the heart of everything it does with our money. Buying in foreign formats to try and take on the x factor doesn't really fit that in my view. Wanting the BBC to be an awful lot better than it currently is doesn't make me anti-BBC, either!