To be fair BBC2 is slowly getting better, but a lot more can be done to improve the channel it has to be said.
I for one wish controller Roly Keating would do something with BBC2's morning schedule. I think there is far too much CBeebies and CBBC programming at the moment. They need to maybe cut the amount of CBBC programming to just 2-3 hours rather than 5 hours. The same goes for Breakfast and Weekend 24 on Saturday mornings. Show Breakfast until 8am and then Weekend 24 until 9am.
BBC2 needs to create it's own identity and compete alongside the likes of Channel 4, rather than rely on the other BBC channels to fill the gaps in the schedules.
I'm not too sure. There was an article I had found from the BBC site. Can't find it now, and it was a few weeks old, but it was commenting that the BBC wanted the rights but Fox were asking too much. Get a bundle with American Dad, maybe they'd ask a fairer price, but it never really took off in the UK when shown on C4. I think the DVD sales did really well. The main reason why it came back to the US.
To be fair BBC2 is slowly getting better, but a lot more can be done to improve the channel it has to be said.
I for one wish controller Roly Keating would do something with BBC2's morning schedule. I think there is far too much CBeebies and CBBC programming at the moment. They need to maybe cut the amount of CBBC programming to just 2-3 hours rather than 5 hours. The same goes for Breakfast and Weekend 24 on Saturday mornings. Show Breakfast until 8am and then Weekend 24 until 9am.
BBC2 needs to create it's own identity and compete alongside the likes of Channel 4, rather than rely on the other BBC channels to fill the gaps in the schedules.
Frankly all of BBC Daytime needs a shake up, IMO what would work best if they took the RTÉ approach by sticking all of your normal programmes on One and stick all the kids programmes and politics on Two, 7 days a week. That would make more sense really, especially at the Weekend when N24 hops over from One to Two, especially last year when they put Weekend 24/Breakfast on Saturdays on One for 6 weeks.
To be fair BBC2 is slowly getting better, but a lot more can be done to improve the channel it has to be said.
I for one wish controller Roly Keating would do something with BBC2's morning schedule. I think there is far too much CBeebies and CBBC programming at the moment. They need to maybe cut the amount of CBBC programming to just 2-3 hours rather than 5 hours. The same goes for Breakfast and Weekend 24 on Saturday mornings. Show Breakfast until 8am and then Weekend 24 until 9am.
BBC2 needs to create it's own identity and compete alongside the likes of Channel 4, rather than rely on the other BBC channels to fill the gaps in the schedules.
Frankly all of BBC Daytime needs a shake up, IMO what would work best if they took the RTÉ approach by sticking all of your normal programmes on One and stick all the kids programmes and politics on Two, 7 days a week. That would make more sense really, especially at the Weekend when N24 hops over from One to Two, especially last year when they put Weekend 24/Breakfast on Saturdays on One for 6 weeks.
I never really understand why the schedules change around between channels some days namely on Saturday where the news moves to BBC Two and the six hours of children's programming on BBC One. Surely a bit of continuity would help not to mention drastic measures to liven up the whole daytime schedule. Is there any need for Weekend 24, a mix between N24 and Breakfast? Similarly is there any need for six hours of children's television on a Saturday morning and five hours every other morning (4 on a Sunday)?
As was mentioned in another thread BBC One's daytime schedule has now become nothing but antique programmes with absolutely no variety and BBC Two brings children's television and then some old film. I think this would work on BBC Two as a daytime schedule:
06.00-08.00 CBBC
08.00-10.00 CBeebies
10.00-11.30 School Programming (Similar to the Learning Zone)
11.30-12.30 The Daily Politics
12.30-13.30 Working Lunch
13.30-15.30 Sport/Film
15.30-18.00 CBBC
By having the above continuity is brought to the channel with having children's programmes just on BBC Two. This would then mean a BBC One schedule similar to this:
06.00-09.00 Breakfast
09.00-10.00 Talk Show (Similar to Kilroy)
10.00-10.30 Garden Invaders
10.30-11.00 Cash in the Attic
11.00-11.30 Trading Up
11.30-12.00 House Invaders
12.00-12.30 Bargain Hunt
12.30-13.00 Game Show (Eg. Through The Keyhole, Wipeout etc.)
13.00-14.00 News (National 13.00-13.30, Regional 13.30-13.45, International 13.45-14.00)
14.00-14.25 Neighbours
14.25-14.50 Doctors
14.50-15.30 Murder Mystery
15.30-16.00 Flog It / Escape to the Country
16.00-16.45 Ready Steady Cook (New Series)
16.45-17.30 Weakest Link (New Series)
17.30-18.00 Imported American Programme/Classic Series
The above schedule also gives a bit of variety to the usual BBC One daytime schedule of antique programmes.
Well Roly Keating, who is the controller of BBC2, has said at the Edinburgh TV Festival that there are problems with BBC2. This is from the Media Guardian website. It's an interesting read and as one poster said earlier the channel WON'T rely on imports. The thing is a good import will bring an audience to the channel that might stick around for other things. And if it's a cool import like Lost or CSI it will change people's perceptions of the channel. CSI certainly has done wonders for Channel 5.
I agree there is no continuity at all with regards to the BBC's schedules. Breakfast definatley needs to be moved to BBC1 on Saturday mornings and the amount of CBBC definatley needs to be cut down. I see next week's schedules there are signs that maybe happening though. The CBBC programmes stop at 10am instead of 11am, so it seems they are cutting out 1 hour which is a good sign. But ideally a 9am finish would be better.
Also CBBC needs to be moved to BBC2 in the afternoons and move all lifestyle and other programming over to BBC1 after Diagnosis Murder finishes at 3.20pm.
But it's good to see Roly Keating realises BBC2 is struggling and I'm quietly confident he can turn the channel around and give BBC2 a new image, just like he did for BBC4.