From The Guardian:
The demands of complying with the Freedom of Information Act have cost the BBC more than £3m since the act was introduced in 2005, according to figures obtained through an FOI request by the Guardian.
Source: Guardian
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Irony
Twitter estimates
From the BBC:
Really? As little as 40%?
Apparently ‘only 8.7% of messages could be said to have “value” as they passed along news of interest.’
The Bargain BBC
The BBC is an easy target because it makes a lot of its money from licence fees. Somehow that makes a lot of people think they know best how to run it. They don’t, of course, but the fact that the revelation of its bosses’ expenses has happened today – just after Parliament has been hauled over the coals for MPs shameful squandering of public funds – means they’re ready and willing to drag it over the same political coals.
Here’s a headline:
£350,000. Tsk tsk tsk. That’s 2,456 licence fees gone on expenses.
Why isn’t it more?
It sounds like a lot, but that £350K was run up by ten board members. An average of £35,000 each.
Over five years. So an average of £7,000 per person per year.
To run the BBC – a job that involved international travel, late nights, wooing suppliers, customers and talent, researching, entertaining and providing five national television networks, ten national radio networks, the World Service (radio and TV), 40 local radio stations and countless web sites.
They should really be congratulated for keeping things under such tight control.
Vicar of Dibley may return as woman bishop
The Vicar could be back as a Bishop, it seems. In breaking the news, Dawn French also talked about that infamous jumping in the puddle scene, and how she warmed herself up:
Dawn revealed that when she filmed the famous moment where she falls into a deep puddle it was a cold mid-November day – so the crew used warm water to make it less unpleasant for her.
“But of course that meant there was steam and you could see it so we had to take the warm water out and put the cold back in… It was absolutely freezing – but I did have a secret wee! Don’t tell anyone.”
Vicar of Dibley may return as woman bishop, hints Dawn French – Telegraph
