BBC Cut Backs - A Review of the Status Quo

_{Breaking News – BBC Re-Shuffle 2015}

_{In light of recent Government imposed cut-backs, the BBC are currently reviewing their planned budget, for the next financial year. Their emergency proposals to counter these dramatic developments, are to come in the form of a two pronged counter-measure - reduction, re-direct and rating realisation – reported an insider from the BBC's financial department. The BBC will have to re-define their key ethos, ' to be all things to all people', and adopt a more realistic set of goals, like ' You can entertain all the people some of the time, and some of the people, all of the time, but you cannot entertain all the people....on a SATURDAY NIGHT !'}

_{In a bold, radical re-think , bosses are set to implement a sweeping set of changes to the their scheduling and programming content, in the hope that they can create new areas of revenue for the corporation. One of the suggestions currently, 'on the table', is to transmit some of their more mainstream programmes to an alternative and less costly medium....the radio. Currently being considered for such a controversial move are:}

_{Strictly Dancing: Top Gear: and Celebrity Masterchef.}

_{The Beeb are confident that such a transfer could prove successful, as an earlier concept in the fifties was very popular with the masses: Educating Archie, a radio comedy show, starring a ventriloquist doll.}

_{Another idea is the possible merging of two prime time programmes, in order to maximise ratings and reduce expenses. So far, the only proposed team up is one of a regional mockumentary and a domestic drama soap, with the working title of ' The only way is Enders'.}

_{Other wild-card options are:}

_{Pay for view, viewers can subscribe to watch specially filmed episodes of their favourite series, played exclusively for the on-line market.}

_{Top programmes will embrace a more product placement, friendly attitude – Waterloo Road will be sponsored by BiC.}

_{A 5% increase of quiz based shows, taking their share of the television schedule to 95%....over the weekend.}

_{All newly filmed programmes, will be made for a bi-lingual audience, English and Eastern European, to reflect our modern audience, and save money when ready for the DVD market.}

_{If everything else fails, they can always show us more repeats, after all... it's worked for them for the last fifty years.}