Playing Trailers during BBC Programmes

I dislike this intently - it's also dangerous. One step closer to a commercial break - charter renewal due. .

What do others think.

It's been used extensively for cross programme promotion in Wimbledon for Euro 2004 and Sport Relief and other events.

Am I getting paranoid or justly concerned?

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I think DVB Cornwall is talking about BBC Sport's cross-promotion during Wimbledon and such like. Today featured trailers for Euro 2004 and the Olympics.

This has always happened IIRC, and isn't that bad. It's not as if their advertising sitcoms or dramas during the sport or anything. It's sport advertising other sport. Like BBC News telling you what's on Panorama.

But doesn't the news lead straight into Panorama, ie no BBC One presentation, and the newsreader announcing the programme.

True, but I was also thinking of more along the lines of when Breakfast show trailers for news-esq programmes usually just before the top of the hour

I think the examples given are quite acceptable considering these are trails for similar programmes, ie news and sport shown within news and sport, and they do serve a second purpose during live programming such as Wimbledon as it fills gaps. What would be unacceptable however would be if breaks were taken during programmes, such as EastEnders, and trails were then shown.

I don't know about other forumers, but I really do dislike breaks during programmes and I also think that the lack of them is another virtue of the BBC.

Are the arguments in those two paragraphs not mutually exclusive?

Anyone remember Anne and Nick's "Natural Breaks"?

Sorry, with the second case I should have said commercial breaks. My apologises, hope that straightens things out.