Who Murdered Murder She Wrote? [article from Articleranks]

Who Murdered Murder She Wrote?

Sometimes you can keep cutting to the point where there is nothing left to prune. This is starting to look especially true at the BBC, of all places. Most recently, this manifested itself when the online budget was cut by 25%, at the cost of 360 jobs and far more credibility. Cuts to the world service and a general scaling back of operations in key nations followed. And this was only the beginning, if the new plans being talked of in the corridors of power are anything to go by.

Yes, belt tightening at the beeb is bad enough that they really ought to be thinking of getting vanquis credit cards for bad credit score to erase the tab. Programmes are in danger of disappearing, which can never be good. True, foreign radio presence and websites are important. They're just peripheral. Is it not difficult to see how the British Broadcasting Corporation is fulfilling its purpose when it's considering cuts to actual broadcasting?

With at least another six years of static license fees, the money has to come from somewhere. Corporation heads are looking particularly at programming after 10.35, excepting the current affairs strands that fulfil the BBC's basic obligations. Regional radio and TV programmes could be cut and BBC2 could turn into yet another rolling news proxy in the daytime. This last point will leave many ambivalent: few will mourn the loss of the ridiculous amount of antiques shows. But honestly, our vanquis card credit cards have all been swiped into the digital treasure trove. Virtually everyone has access to the BBC news channel, so what's the point of duplication?

But having offered an alternative to kids shows for the last few decades, a BBC 2 daytime axe would be the last nail in the coffin for elderly viewers (no pun intended). With BBC Two gone, the only non-news programming for the elderly will be on BBC One - and only very briefly at that. When it comes to it, BBC One's daytime shows are hardly a grade up from BBC Two's anyway. Instead, this viewing demographic, often exiled to other channels in the evenings, will doubtlessly end up watching the ITV family of channels. ITV's five channels often act like the BBC's dumping ground for high quality, old shows anyway.

Perhaps it's time to get out there and purchase a tonne of DVDs with vanquis credit card credit cards for bad credit score if we want to take shelter from the storm of mediocrity upon us?

tags:cuts,bbc,economy,television