An article in The Sun yesterday quoted extracts from a report by the Centre for Policy Studies – authored by Martin Le Jeune – which branded the BBC a “parasite” for what it described as its “serial record of imitation and lack of original ideas”.

The report referred to the BBC’s airing of shows such as Strictly Come Dancing which follow the format of many shows that first ‘proved’ themselves to be money-spinners by way of phone votes when they were originally broadcast on commercially sponsored channels.

The report added that it was time the BBC “got back to real public service broadcasting” and accused BBC chiefs of spending too much money on “cheap and poor copies of commercial programmes”… Read more & comment »