I have previously reported how bits of old programmes are recycled, so that the Beeb has lots of money for reality TV shows and other similarly worthy projects.
Yesterday, BBC Countryfile was based in Scotland, around Glencoe. The presenter, Adam Henson, said (I paraphrase* as I forgot to wrote it down at the time) "John [Craven] isn't with us in Scotland this week, but down south", implying strongly that the feature following was contemporaneous with the broadcast. Actually, it was yet another of their tedious repeats stuffed in to stretch the programme out to an hour. Even if I hadn't seen it before, the time of year was clearly not mid-June. Newborn lambs are not completely diagnostic - but budding trees and wild garlic flowers in Somerset sure as hell are.
It's bad enough reusing stuff, but to pretend it's new is plain dishonest as well as patronising to our intelligence. Shame on you, BBC.
* If anyone recorded the prog. and can supply a transcript of the link, I'll be very grateful.
18/06/07 @ 14:39