One Show’s Glasto blow

MY HEART goes out to the poor, hard-up folk at The One Show. Astonishingly, it seems the programme’s annual outing to Glastonbury has been canned – because the BBC can’t afford it.

The show has come live from the festival since 2013 – last year presenters Alex Jones and Chris Evans were joined on the sofa by Ed Sheeran – but BBC insiders say this year it has been left studiobound in London to save money. Many viewers see The One Show’s broadcast as the starting point for the BBC’s blanket coverage of the event, which this year will run to 30 hours on TV. A spokesman said: ‘The programme will feature a short live link-up and a film.’