Should BBC save money by cutting channels?

I AM annoyed that the BBC is cutting TV and radio channels (Mail). It already offers viewers a poor service considering the vast amount of money extorted from us. It is supposed to be a public service corporation, yet directorgeneral Tim Davie states he wants to embrace a digital service. How can there be plans to stop airing BBC4 and Radio 4 Extra? BBC4 has interesting programmes, while BBC3 is utter rubbish. Radio 4 Extra offers ageless comedy and drama, while Radio 4 is boring. Why lose channels with a good following?

KARL SHERIDAN,

holme-on-Spalding-Moor, e. yorks.

WHY on earth would the BBC want to get rid of BBC4? Even though it doesn’t start until 7pm, it is one of its most interesting channels. Yet the corporation is keeping the dog’s dinner that is BBC3. BBC4 is much better than BBC1 with its over-reliance on silly quiz shows.

Don’t they have any new ideas? I’d rather tune into repeats on Radio 4 Extra than the three hours of Left-wing propaganda that comprises Radio 4’s Today. ROGER FOWNES, Bromsgrove, Worcs. IF THE BBC is cutting channels, I assume there will be a refund of part of the TV licence.

MIKE JAKINS, ash, Surrey. INSTEAD of ditching BBC4 and spending a fortune promoting iPlayer, reduce political correctness and start making watchable TV shows again. That will bring back the viewers.

PETE WILLIAMS, hayes, Middlesex. I AM a regular viewer of BBC4 and enjoy its quality programmes on music and the arts. The rubbish shown on BBC3 should be sent to the archives to gather dust.

MIKE JONES, South Witham, lincs. THERE is a case for a hybrid system to fund the BBC. A reduced licence fee to cover BBC1 and BBC2 and Radios 1 to 4. Anything else to be available by subscription without subsidy.

TONY FOOT, Mosterton, Dorset. WITH BBC1 and BBC2 obsessed with cooking, sewing and second-rate game shows, where else is there to find grown-up programmes other than BBC4? The commercial channels are no better, but with the added disadvantage of adverts. It’s increasingly difficult to find well-made British programmes that are not so joyless that you don’t make it to the end.

BRIAN SPARKS, Poole, Dorset.