[garinda]

I really can't understand why in this day and age one company the BBC, is basically a nationalised company funded by everyone who watches television. They should have to be self funding like every other company. If that means advertising so be it.

Interesting to read that the taxi bill for BBC television centre in Shepherds Bush last year was £600,000. That's just a small part of the beeb. How much more of the licence payers money is being squandered on 'benefits' to it's staff? In the report I read some of these trips were to go shopping in their lunch breaks.

If anybody comes back with the fact that they produce quality television, why did they poach Graham Norton from Channel 4 for a package worth 3 million pounds. Attracting personalities nurtured on other channels and copying shows from commercial channels in the hope of good ratings isn't why they are funded by the licence fee.