Did BBC coverage of the death of Prince Philip strike the right note?

THE BBC briefly set up a page on its website to allow viewers to complain about too much coverage of Prince Philip’s death. Are they also going to launch a page for those of us who appreciated the coverage?

Eric craggs, shildon, co. Durham.

WITH the greatest respect to the Duke of Edinburgh, we are not North Korea. To suspend all scheduled BBC programmes on the day of his passing was surely excessive.

I believe the Duke would have been horrified that viewers were deprived of seeing the MasterChef final. ‘Get on with it’ would have been his irate riposte.

DR PETER HILTON, Haverfordwest, Pembs.

I AM surprised that viewers have complained that the BBC’s coverage of the death of Prince Philip was excessive. Those who have moaned about the cancellation of scheduled programmes should try to

remember that the Prince devoted 73 years to the service of this country and the Queen. His passing is a significant event for all of us.

GRAHAM DAY, stowmarket, suffolk.

THE BBC has really come into its own following the death of Prince Philip. This is the BBC i remember. Oh, that it could remain this way. The respect and thought that has gone into each news item is a real joy.

GEOFF BURN, cambridge.

TOO much media coverage about the Duke of Edinburgh? I would rather hear about his life than the constant reports on Covid that we have had to put up with for the past year.

PAUL LAWRENCE, Ruislip, gtr london. I HAVE been critical of BBC TV and radio and the very low standard of many presenters, but the coverage of the sad death of Prince Philip was very well done. On radio Two, Steve Wright hosted a lovely programme and nicki chapman was faultless. Why don’t the BBC powers that be recognise the easy listening qualities of ms chapman compared to the talentless Zoe Ball and Vanessa Feltz?

HELEN PENNEY, longborough, glos.

I WELCOME the special programming to mark the passing of Prince Philip in a respectful way. How refreshing it was to hear tuneful music on Radio Two without having to endure the vapid outpourings and inane comments of its presenters. It’s clear the BBC can do this when it tries.

JOHN SLATTERY, Worthing, W. sussex.

AFTER lampooning the monarch in its Alternative Queen’s Speech, it came as no surprise that channel 4 was the only mainstream broadcaster to decline to screen a tribute to Prince Philip on the day of his death.