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Originally Posted by Neil
And they can do the nurturing because of "the unique way they are funded", as the BBC like to remind us. Once nurtured they can go of to the commercial stations to make the big bucks while the BBC nurture the next lot. The BBC should not be employing people on multi million pound salarys. Just let them go off to the commercial stations ( who I suspect whould then be able to offer smaller wage packages when they are not competing with the BBC ) and bring in the new talent.
I really do not like the way that the BBC competes against commercial stations. They do not need to and should not spend our tax money on competition with the commercials.
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I absolutely agree with you - why should the BBC be producing these shows. As was pointed out in Greg's column this morning the BBC's remit is to inform, educate and entertain. So ok, some programmes like Strictly Come Dancing definitely entertain, I suppose to some degree they also educate as it's encouraging people to dance - plus Saturday night has always been for the BBC - remember Summertime Specials?
But, I completely agree - there is no need for the sort of show that Ross and Brand do on the BBC - they should stay on Channel 4.
Also, I presume that it's because they need to prove market share and these shows get a fair share of the market - perhaps if they were allowed to remove themselves from the audience share race they might get back to doing what they should be doing.