Ask us what we want to see on TV
IT SUMS up the out-of-touch BBC management that it’s spending £50 million to find out what viewers want. For the price of a decent lunch i could tell it in no uncertain terms what it can do with repetitive game shows, quiz shows, house moves, cookery lessons and repeats from the last generation. That £50 million could go a long way in producing dramas and teaching actors to speak clearly.
IAN FULLER, Harrogate, N. Yorks.
WITH decades of experience and an army of staff, it’s astounding that the BBC can’t use its data and initiative to work out what viewers want. No wonder it is scared of losing the TV licence fee. in the real world, money has to be earned before it can be spent, which tends to concentrate the mind.
GARRY CARR, Yelland, Devon.
OUR beloved, profligate BBC is to spend millions to find out what viewers want even though it’s been doing this for years. along with hundreds of others, i conduct audience research by interviewing people on the street and in their homes to find out what they watch and listen to. i can’t imagine how spending a vast sum doing exactly the same thing will change anything, especially dim lighting and foul language in BBC dramas.
DAVID CRAVEN, Addingham, W. Yorks.
I THOROUGHLY agree with the Mail TV critic christopher Stevens’ criticism of TV schedules. My husband and i dread Saturday nights. We search all the stations trying to find something to watch before settling on a repeat of an old show such as Dad’s army. So-called stars on never-ending game shows are driving us mad.
L. VENUS, Dartford, Kent.
THE National audit office is right that the BBC could save money by being more efficient without the need to axe programmes. i am fed up of hearing the same cliches on Match of The Day. Football pundit alan Shearer is paid up to £394,999 for these insights. i’d do it for £200 a week plus travelling expenses and subsistence.
PETER HENRICK, Birmingham.
AS a viewer, what i want to watch are programmes without vile language. it appears that all the TV channels are determined to promote four-letter words as part of normal conversation. i wish i could press a button on my remote control to bleep them out. DON MACLEAN, Solihull, W. Mids.