Not this again! 61% of our TV programmes are repeats, BBC chiefs admit

January 11th, 2012

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Last updated at 3:54 AM on 11th January 2012

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Repeats make up 61 per cent of shows on BBC TV, the Corporation admitted last night.

Almost half of programming on BBC2 is old content, compared with 30 per cent five years ago.

Even on flagship BBC1, recycled content counts for a third of its programmes and has increased in peak viewing times.

Repeats of classic shows such as Only Fools and Horses currently make up 61% of shows on BBC TV

Repeats of classic shows such as Only Fools and Horses currently make up 61% of programming on BBC TV

The figures, released by the BBC in response to a Freedom of Information request, challenge its claimed commitment to ‘original programming’.

Bosses have warned that the number of repeats could keep rising as cuts to save the corporation a total of £1.3billion take hold.

They have admitted that BBC2 will effectively become a repeats channel, with 56 per cent of its content rehashed.

The high level of repeats on digital channels led to calls last night for them to be axed.

'Viewers will feel cheated': Matthew Elliott Chief Executive, Taxpayers Alliance

‘Viewers will feel cheated’: Matthew Elliott Chief Executive, Taxpayers Alliance

In 2011, just 15.8 per cent of programming on BBC3 and only 21.2 per cent on BBC4 was new.

Even in peak time, almost three-quarters of BBC3 shows and more than half of BBC4’s are reruns, even though the channels only run from 7pm to 4am.

Matthew Elliott, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign group, said: ‘Viewers will feel cheated that they are getting endless repeats in return for their licence fee each year. Auntie should scrap BBC3 if there aren’t enough new programmes.

‘Bosses need to focus on delivering high quality and unique programming.’
The BBC, which released figures for the year to last March, said it was focusing on its prime-time content, particularly on BBC1. But it conceded there would be sacrifices elsewhere.

A spokesman said: ‘Repeats are scheduled to reach different audiences and are rarely shown in the same slot. On BBC1, for example, over 91 per cent of programmes in prime time are new.

‘Audiences value having several opportunities to catch something they may have missed.’

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Nothing wrong with repeats really so long as they’ve not been on before.

– Ray, Derby, 11/1/2012 05:21

So we need only pay 61% of the TV tax. Rip off Britain through and through.

– Taxpayer, Downtrodden England, 11/1/2012 05:14

And what proportion of stories here are repeats? We must be due for the “it’s only January and Tesco are selling Easter eggs” one any day now.

– TonyB, Melbourne, Australia, 11/1/2012 05:12

And then there are the compilations, which are merely repeats, but jumbled up!

– Stan Dupp, Letsbee Avenue, UK, 11/1/2012 05:11

What do you want them to do?They need to save money.There is always the off button.

– Me, Who cares, 11/1/2012 04:47

But the programs you really want repeated never are!

– bebe, high wycombe, England, 11/1/2012 04:33

Who cares if the BBC show repeats. It’s 100% better than the unoriginal dross that isn’t. My problem with the BBC is the amount of American shows and movies they thrust upon us. The content on the ‘BRITISH’ BC should be… BRITISH! There should be NO second rate Clint Eastwood movies and NO hand me downs from CBS or NBC. And don’t get me started on the untold billions they poor into the worst news channels in the world.

– Rollo Tomasi, Bangkok, Thailand, 11/1/2012 03:25

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