And it now must be one of the largest sources of income from overseas sales considering it is the most watched programme in the world.
If this is the case, income at the BBC must be going up from other sources. But what do we get - higher repeat ratios and increased TVL's.
And it should be rather obvious that, without that extra income coming back via BBC Worldwide (as it has done over a number of years, and continues to do so), the total income for the BBC would be lower, resulting in maybe even more repeats, fewer new programmes, and/or an even higher licence fee (IF the Government had allowed it, which it probably wouldn't).
And it now must be one of the largest sources of income from overseas sales considering it is the most watched programme in the world.
If this is the case, income at the BBC must be going up from other sources. But what do we get - higher repeat ratios and increased TVL's.
Well done the BBC for devising a format that is in such demand, now let's see the benefits.
But it'll only be in demand for a while, once they've sold it to a country they can't do it again. Something else will be the big programme soon and Strictly's sales will decline... just like it did with Weakest Link and WWTBA Millionaire.
Making long term spending changes based on the good sales of 1 show is a very silly idea
Rewind ten years, and you would definitely see less populist stuff filling the schedules.
And you often bring up the fact that they had Dallas, Dynasty etc, but it was in the BBC's remit to bring programming to the UK that isn't on other channels.
And back in the day, ITV and Ch4 did not have enough room in their schedules for all imports.
OK - from another thread, here's a list of half decent looking stuff on the BBC this week during prime time, or thereabouts.
i've annotated repeats with an (R).
royal British Legion festival of remembrance
coast (R)
inside the Saudi kingdom
picture book
merlin the legend
reader, i married him
antiques roadshow
Stephen Fry in America
wild China (R)
long way down (R)
top gear
dragon's den : Deborah Meaden
remembrance tale
the Edwardians in colour
Walter's war
Mark Lawson talks to Parkie
the one show
watchdog
panorama
spooks
murder in the snow world
university challenge
indian food made easy
WWII behind closed doors
how to solve a cryptic crossword
prodigal sons
my family at war
imagine
natural world
horizon
later live...
1914-1918
the book quiz
time watch
inside out
little dorritt
charles at 60
oceans
railway walks
an awfully big adventure
a year in tibet
the people's hospital
apparitions
question time
James May's 20th century (R)
credit crash Britain
beat the bank
lead balloon
Beeching's tracks
Walter Tull - forgotten hero
children in need
fossil detectives
an island parish
mastermind
gardener's world
the barristers
QI
Karim's journey
only connect
Paul Weller - into tomorrow
now go for your life with your list of zeleb makeover reality nonsense "filling the schedules".
i'll even get you started :
eastenders
strictly come dancing
casualty
holby...
OK - from another thread, here's a list of half decent looking stuff on the BBC this week during prime time, or thereabouts.
i've annotated repeats with an (R).
royal British Legion festival of remembrance
coast (R)
inside the Saudi kingdom
picture book
merlin the legend
reader, i married him
antiques roadshow
Stephen Fry in America
wild China (R)
long way down (R)
top gear
dragon's den : Deborah Meaden
remembrance tale
the Edwardians in colour
Walter's war
Mark Lawson talks to Parkie
the one show
watchdog
panorama
spooks
murder in the snow world
university challenge
indian food made easy
WWII behind closed doors
how to solve a cryptic crossword
prodigal sons
my family at war
imagine
natural world
horizon
later live...
1914-1918
the book quiz
time watch
inside out
little dorritt
charles at 60
oceans
railway walks
an awfully big adventure
a year in tibet
the people's hospital
apparitions
question time
James May's 20th century (R)
credit crash Britain
beat the bank
lead balloon
Beeching's tracks
Walter Tull - forgotten hero
children in need
fossil detectives
an island parish
mastermind
gardener's world
the barristers
QI
Karim's journey
only connect
Paul Weller - into tomorrow
now go for your life with your list of zeleb makeover reality nonsense "filling the schedules".
i'll even get you started :
eastenders
strictly come dancing
casualty
holby...
Iain
Good list, nothing on the other channels beats that for quality and variety.
In 2007, the BBC had the worst repeat rate (52%) in their history across BBC1-BBC4. And they have stated that more repeats are likely.
If they are selling something like SCD (now stated to be the most watched programme) and formats such as The Weakest Link, Top Gear etc, you would like to at least think the repeat rate would go down.
Unlikely, only a couple of decades ago the BBC had only TWO channels, and they weren't full time, running "pages from Ceefax" even in the daytime.
Now we get BBC 1 and 2, 3 and 4 (part time), BBC news, BBC parliament, SEVEN radio stations offering music for all ages, tastes and speech radio too.
We get loads more than we ever did before with the BBC trying it's best to fulfill the conditions of it's charter - by providing PSB and entertainment to all ages.
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But it'll only be in demand for a while, once they've sold it to a country they can't do it again. Something else will be the big programme soon and Strictly's sales will decline... just like it did with Weakest Link and WWTBA Millionaire.
Making long term spending changes based on the good sales of 1 show is a very silly idea
OK - from another thread, here's a list of half decent looking stuff on the BBC this week during prime time, or thereabouts.
i've annotated repeats with an (R).
royal British Legion festival of remembrance
coast (R)
inside the Saudi kingdom
picture book
merlin the legend
reader, i married him
antiques roadshow
Stephen Fry in America
wild China (R)
long way down (R)
top gear
dragon's den : Deborah Meaden
remembrance tale
the Edwardians in colour
Walter's war
Mark Lawson talks to Parkie
the one show
watchdog
panorama
spooks
murder in the snow world
university challenge
indian food made easy
WWII behind closed doors
how to solve a cryptic crossword
prodigal sons
my family at war
imagine
natural world
horizon
later live...
1914-1918
the book quiz
time watch
inside out
little dorritt
charles at 60
oceans
railway walks
an awfully big adventure
a year in tibet
the people's hospital
apparitions
question time
James May's 20th century (R)
credit crash Britain
beat the bank
lead balloon
Beeching's tracks
Walter Tull - forgotten hero
children in need
fossil detectives
an island parish
mastermind
gardener's world
the barristers
QI
Karim's journey
only connect
Paul Weller - into tomorrow
now go for your life with your list of zeleb makeover reality nonsense "filling the schedules".
i'll even get you started :
eastenders
strictly come dancing
casualty
holby...
Iain
Good list, nothing on the other channels beats that for quality and variety.
Unlikely, only a couple of decades ago the BBC had only TWO channels, and they weren't full time, running "pages from Ceefax" even in the daytime.
Now we get BBC 1 and 2, 3 and 4 (part time), BBC news, BBC parliament, SEVEN radio stations offering music for all ages, tastes and speech radio too.
We get loads more than we ever did before with the BBC trying it's best to fulfill the conditions of it's charter - by providing PSB and entertainment to all ages.
I'm well aware of that, I replied to
So was his last race cliffhanger which "more people worldwide watched" on every week likewise the Olympic opening ceremony?
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