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16/05/2012 12:43 | By Emma Roberts, Entertainment Reporter, MSN Entertainment
BBC drops children’s television shows from BBC One and BBC Two
In a shake-up designed to save the BBC money, the corporation has announced that they will be stopping children’s TV on its main two channels, broadcasting them on their digital channels instead.
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Blue Peter is just one of the children's television shows which will be moving to a digital channel.
The BBC have announced controversial new plans to their broadcasting schedule, which include moving all children's television shows to their digital channels, CBBC and CBeebies.
The shows transfering from the main two channels, BBC1 and BBC2, include the corporation's flagship children's show Blue Peter, which is set to move to the digital CBBC channel.
The changes come as part of the BBC's plan to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from its budget by 2017 and the broadcast giants are also planning to revamp its output for the post-analogue broadcasting era.
Blue Peter, which has been shown by the BBC since 1958, is currently presented by Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood, and airs on BBC1 on Friday afternoons, as well as on the digital channel CBBC.
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- 51 %Yes - they are turning their backs on children's TV
1,623 votes - 7 %No - not many people watch their children's shows any more
235 votes - 42 %It doesn't matter - everyone can still watch the children's shows on the digital channels
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Yet, the show's popularity has been slowly declining and last Friday the show only attracted 300,000 viewers and a 3% audience share.
The BBC Trust has given the green light to director general Mark Thompson's Delivering Quality First proposals, including the children's programming change over. The DQF cuts will also see fewer entertainment shows, more repeats and reduced programming budgets for BBC3 and BBC4.
The BBC Trust said that viewing of children's programming on BBC1 and BBC2 "is low and has fallen significantly over recent years".
The BBC trust also said that the move of children's TV shows to the digital will affect a "very low" number of children viewers, as following the switchover, CBBC and CBeebies will be available to all UK households.
The BBC Trust revealed that the level of investment in children's programming would be maintained, meaning that the proportion of the licence fee spent on children's output will actually increase - they said:
"Children's output remains a cornerstone of the BBC's public service offering and one of the BBC's foremost editorial priorities".
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16/05/2012 18:58
I don't recognise the BBC in its current form anymore! I am not suprised by this decision having said that! When I was a child the BBC had some quality children's TV, not just late afternoon after school, but also Saturday morning. Oh how I yearn for the days of Swap Shop, Why Don't You, The Adventure Game & the School Education Programmes.
The BBC keep bragging about being leaders in "Quality TV". Sorry not anymore. Scrap the kids shows as I have already mentioned and keep showing rubbish like Bargin Hunt and the like. Even the Weakest Link has been moved to the 2pm slot!!!!
How about scrapping rubbish like The Voice & Eastenders!!!!! Or moving them to BBC3!!!!
Yes! They may have moved the programmes to the satellite channels, but the programmes are still poorer than yesteryear. Not all of them, but quite a lot of them.
Don't even get me started on BBC Breakfast ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!
Rebrand the station BBBC (BORING British Broadcasting Corporation)
Its about time the BEEB listen to what the people want, not what they think they want!
Scrap the license fee and show adverts instead. I am sorry to be controversal someof the best drama and comedies (especially) are now made in the states, there I said it (traitor) I know.
Can only give my personal view and we are all entitled to that Auntie Beeb!
16/05/2012 12:52
That's because they need all their money for the up and coming Labour Party electioneering for 2015......
16/05/2012 20:42
The worse thing we ever did was switch to digital. Everytime it rains or we have coud cover the signal is either lost or unwatchable. Even with a proper digital arial and a signal booster. It's an utterly unreliable service and when we where on holiday in North Wales, it was practically non-existent. Many are forced to buy an independent cable service to watch television.
As for switching childrens television programs to other channels from the main BBC channels, well it isn't a big move at all and if the BBC want to save money they should consider the overly inflated wages for the actors, staff and above as well as the lucrative pensions they have. It's a global experience is the BBC and it comes at the cost of the British. I'm paying for a licience for everyone else to watch, how fair is that ay.!
PRIVATISE THE BBC NOW. It's not worth the money and other independent television stations now produce better programs by far. And they arn't influenced by the governmental propaganda machine either.
16/05/2012 20:36
A half hour on BBC1 that can be filled with something valuable like 'Cooking in the Attic' or 'Antique Cupcakes'. Moving Blue Peter to CBBC is perhaps an unfortunate necessity in the cash strapped corporation but they need to realize that increasingly high levels of 'dumbed down' populist content will not bring viewers back in numbers. It is time to sack all the lickspittle 'civil servants' in the BBC and employ some imaginative entrepreneurs.
16/05/2012 19:17
First they scrap children's programmes from the Saturday morning slot, now this. If they really want to save money, perhaps they should come away from 24 hour television and get back to basics.
16/05/2012 18:20
ah, the lunatics have finally completely taken over the assylum
16/05/2012 22:09
why dont they just do away with the licence fee and turn the BBC into a proper business that succeeds or fails in the real business world. ITV manage it, so does Channels 4 & 5....and Sky offers far better value than the BBC.
16/05/2012 17:47
Another reason why I think the license fee is a bunch of crap. Yeah, lets deny kids whose families are on a tight budget access to decent educational programmes. Personally, I think that Blue Peter is a lot better now than when I was a child.
16/05/2012 13:14
And to do this the BBC will require some double sided sticky tape.......................
16/05/2012 17:22
Sad, really. This prorgamme has run from my early days. However I ask the question. did the B.B.C drop the programme, or did Blue Peter drop the B.B.C?
One thing is for certain in at least Blue Peter had foundation as a programme compared to some of the trash that is being broadcast on Childrens Television today!
16/05/2012 18:17
No more Blue Peter ?!!!
So who's going to teach the next unruly, obese generation of tomorrow, how to make an advent mobile out of wire coat hangers?
16/05/2012 15:33
scrap the bbc news channel that would save many millions but the biggest waste of money was the bbc,s move to salford around £834 million.i wonder who came up with that lunatic idea
16/05/2012 17:45
It's about time the beeb got off their high horses, who do they think they are? Have they forgotten we pay licence fees?
16/05/2012 23:01
I think that instead of being forced to pay a TV license fee to watch awful repeat after repeat we should have a choice to opt out of BBC in favour of real TV channels.
16/05/2012 17:03
They must need room for yet more boring political programmes. They promise the world but as usual fail to deliver year after year. They are too busy counting their shares and pots of retirement gold to bother what the hoi polloi want. Do they ever ask the paying public what they want...never. They know best as usual.
16/05/2012 17:09
the BBC, like any major Corporation these days, is Top heavy !
far too many overpaid, in-efficient Managers and silent shareholders !
in the name of "credit crunch" vicious cuts are made to boost profits !
the new, "modern" business model seems to be more profit with same turn-over as opposed to boosting turn-over and thereby increase profit.
to achieve this cuts are made. cuts= staff and/or service !
squeeze/cut until the business is finished. then sell it off or move it offshore.
Standard procedure by big business for quite some time now !
and what are governments doing about it ?
in fact they assist them ! if not by paving the way for them then at least by turning a blind eye !
IF caught out they have a "BIG" public hearing(more tax money down the drain !), a few red faces,
perfect example: Murdoch !
He and his company have been declared as unfit to do business by the Levison enquiry !
easiest thing to do: revoke the business license and shut him down !
what happens instead ? a fall guy or two and then it is business as usual !
but I suppose we have the systems, businesses and leaders that we deserve !
16/05/2012 19:55
What's the problem? There are thousands and thousands of brainless US cartoons out there which will surely be much less expensive. UK based programmes take another thump, apart from gormless 'reality' rubbish. WHAT ARE WE PAYING OUR TV LICENCE FEE FOR???????????
16/05/2012 14:54
The BBC say they want to save money. If they are serious then why do they send reporters to stand outside No. 10 Downing Street & into Houses of Parliament when they can report from within the studio. They also send weather reporters & business reporters out to events when they can do the reports from within a studio. Why waste money on these outside broadcasts, as each one needs camera's & sound recorders as well as overnight accommodation for these staff. All just wasting licence payers money. Make new programmes with the money they save and stop all the repeats.
16/05/2012 16:59
Its about time the BBC came down off their self-made pedestal.
Times have changed but they still feel they have the right to charge an extortianate price for the privelege of watching some truly awful programmes.
There's been a few good new programmes on the BeeB lately but mostly repeat after repeat.
We haven't all got the latest equipment where we can record anytime and watch when we like and not all areas receive good viewing pictures, whether with box or not.
Stop paying all these jumped up celebrities thousands and thousands up front. Let them do the job then get paid like the rest of us. Then perhaps if the programme gets bad viewing figures the programme is pulled but we the paying public don't have to lose another programme just so the so-called 'star' can be paid.
I think its called 'Common Sense' - although i'm no spring chicken so i'm probably wrong, yet again!
16/05/2012 15:49
CBBC and CBEEBIEs are available to all households so no-one is missing out in that regard. Personally I'm happy as long as they keep making quality childrens drama and shows like Blue Peter. It's a nice change against the pointless candy floss dross they show on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. The thing that concerns me is the brief mention in this article of more repeats to come. There are enough repeats already given how much we are paying every month for the license fee it's starting to get a little annoying!
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