The BBC and Wimbledon

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:08 pm

I have been watching Wimbledon this week (far too much time on my hands I know)

This is not about the matches, but about the way the BBC divides it's coverage between BBC1 and 2.

Why oh why do the shift BBC1 sheduled shows onto BBC2, to enable the coverage of live matches to continue on One?

All day long they share the coverage, then come early evening, when people are arriving home from work and hoping to view the local news etc......rather than leave it where it belongs, they shift it to BBC2 and shift the Tennis to BBC1

Is the any logic to this that I am missing ?

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:41 am

No I don't get it either. Just leave BBC2 to cover the tennis entirely and leave BBC1 to run its usual schedule. Then my wife would not take out her frustrations on me for Eastenders going missing

theia · Post by **theia** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:11 am

Snowfire;1431127 wrote: No I don't get it either. Just leave BBC2 to cover the tennis entirely and leave BBC1 to run its usual schedule. Then my wife would not take out her frustrations on me for Eastenders going missing

I don't understand it either...they are creating havoc with the schedules.

Snow, I think you project far too often on to your wife...first Big Brother and now Eastenders. We all know you love both :sneaky:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:17 am

I think Its all to do with ratings. If there are TV progs on BB2 that draw high ratings, then coverage will be on BBC1 while they are on. Then as the shows are due on BBC1 that have high ratings such as the soaps, then they switch back BBC2 and so on.

I couldn't care less myself.