0:00:11 > 0:00:14Good afternoon and welcome to Points Of View,
0:00:14 > 0:00:18the place where we air your views on the TV you've been watching.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21So straight to business, and a panellist on last week's
0:00:21 > 0:00:26Question Time who you'd prefer not to have had to watch.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27And the economist Vicky Pryce,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30briefly detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure earlier this year for taking
0:00:30 > 0:00:33her husband's speeding points, which she's written a book about.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Ms Pryce, who was convicted of perverting the course of justice,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41was judged an unsuitable choice by some.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Well, did Vicky Pryce deserve to be given airtime?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We asked the bosses of Question Time.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06They didn't want to appear on screen themselves,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08but they gave us this statement.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28So that is the reasoning behind Vicky Pryce.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Staying with Question Time's panel of experts,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34some of you just feel the right people are not being used.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I think it is high time we had more appearances by scientists
0:01:37 > 0:01:41on the panel of the BBC Question Time programme.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46Between May 2010 and June 2013, we've had for example, 13 appearances
0:01:46 > 0:01:50by comedians, eight by Nigel Farage, but only two by scientists.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Subjects discussed included climate change, UK energy policy,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56secondary school education and international espionage.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58All of these are highly technical subjects
0:01:58 > 0:02:01which would benefit from some expert comment.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Here is the answer from the Question Time folks.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32And before we leave Question Time, we can't not mention
0:02:32 > 0:02:37David Dimbleby's latest addition. His scorpion tattoo.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39He acquired it during filming
0:02:39 > 0:02:41for his new maritime series Britain And The Sea,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45and it even made an appearance on the Six O'Clock News.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Sir David Dimbleby says he has fulfilled a lifetime's ambition
0:02:48 > 0:02:51by getting a tattoo at the age of 75.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10So was the tattoo really news?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13We asked the powers-that-be in the News Department.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Not to be outdone, Jeremy Paxman joined in
0:03:38 > 0:03:41with the fashion for body art on Tuesday's Newsnight.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I'm back tomorrow. Until then, sleep well.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Don't worry. Points of View remains a tattoo-free zone.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52No repeat performance here, I promise.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Staying with the issue of what you don't want to see on screen,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Godfrey Bloom on last Friday's Have I Got News For You
0:04:00 > 0:04:02created a stink all of his own.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06I think one thing I've been proud of is opening that national debate,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08bongo or not bongo.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10'Most of what was said probably isn't suitable for us
0:04:10 > 0:04:12'at this time of day.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15'The other contestants did make the MEP the butt of nearly every joke.'
0:04:15 > 0:04:19I know you've said that women aren't very good drivers,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22but they're much better than men at finding the mustard in the pantry.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26And I wondered, was that a euphemism?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28But that wasn't enough for some of you.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56Next up, not so much an issue of who appears, but what doesn't appear.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00And the mystery of the "now you see it, now you don't" HD channel.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02When can we expect the BBC
0:05:02 > 0:05:08to have fully integrated HD on regional programmes?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11We have to switch channels to standard definition
0:05:11 > 0:05:12to catch up on any local issues.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Viewers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
0:05:15 > 0:05:20who watch the BBC One HD channel get everything in glorious HD.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23But when it comes to their local news,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25viewers in England are confronted with this -
0:05:25 > 0:05:29an instruction to switch to BBC One Standard Definition.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32So why are the English regions the poor cousins to the nations
0:05:32 > 0:05:35when it comes to high-definition?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Good evening.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39We're trying to make BBC One the best it can be,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42and part of that is transferring it, moving it to be
0:05:42 > 0:05:44in HD, with better picture quality.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46But at the same time, one of the really important reasons
0:05:46 > 0:05:49why BBC One is so good is because
0:05:49 > 0:05:52it offers local programmes for your area.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55The challenge that gives us is that there isn't one BBC One,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58there are 18 BBC Ones.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01So if we want to take BBC One to HD,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04it means we have to do that 18 times over.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07And it's expensive to take even one channel HD.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10So the approach we've taken at the moment to balancing
0:06:10 > 0:06:14giving people the benefits of HD in a way that delivers value for money
0:06:14 > 0:06:18for the licence-fee payer is we've taken a phased approach.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21So we started a few years ago with one version of BBC One HD
0:06:21 > 0:06:24across the whole UK, and in the course of the last year we've
0:06:24 > 0:06:28produced three more, so one each for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31What we're doing at the moment about it is we're working through
0:06:31 > 0:06:34a plan for how we can stage our investment.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36We're taking that proposal to the BBC Trust early next year,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39so I hope to have more news next year.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Moving on. And the daytime drama Moving On
0:06:43 > 0:06:46returned for a fifth series.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47With writer Jimmy McGovern
0:06:47 > 0:06:49behind the stories of life-changing moments,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52This one was always going to make an impression.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Drama in daytime getting it so right for many of you,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06all points noted.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09But the sharper observers were watching another drama,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13The Escape Artist, and noticing a problem with geography.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18The charge on the indictment is that on 23 March
0:07:18 > 0:07:21at a house near Overton in Kielder Forest, Scotland...
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Miriam wasn't alone in spotting this one,
0:07:31 > 0:07:32quite a few of you getting in touch
0:07:32 > 0:07:35to complain about the forest's hop across the border.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Perhaps dramatic licence has gone just too far this time?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Plenty of drama every day on the set of the quiz show Pointless,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46and we've been given a special behind-the-scenes look
0:07:46 > 0:07:48at how the show is made. While there,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51we took the chance to put some of your questions to the team.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59When we started, I have to say, I thought
0:07:59 > 0:08:02we would do one quick series and I could always tell my grandchildren
0:08:02 > 0:08:05that I presented a TV show and that might be quite fun.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Being on the 11th series of Pointless,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12I think the biggest thing for me is the atmosphere in the studio.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16There is a real genuine friendship between Richard and Xander.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Richard? Oh, he's not at all what he looks like on-screen.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I mean, he's a dark man.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26'Alexander is a really quite...'
0:08:26 > 0:08:28unhappy human being, I would say.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31He's not really, he's lovely, I adore him. I hope he likes me.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Have you asked him the same question?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Over the years there have been some incredible memories.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39We had the woman who was asked
0:08:39 > 0:08:43who was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas in 1963.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44I'm going to have to go with
0:08:44 > 0:08:47assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas
0:08:47 > 0:08:50was JR.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52LAUGHTER
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Oh, thank you, Gemma.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00We get lots of praise from the programme's loyal viewers
0:09:00 > 0:09:03and even some suggestions as to how things could be improved.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05We put some of them to David Flynn.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18We actually did used to show you the questions
0:09:18 > 0:09:21in a split screen in the previous series.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24What we found was that some of our viewers found it difficult
0:09:24 > 0:09:27to read the information because it was too small.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30So what we try and do now is make sure we cut to
0:09:30 > 0:09:33the question board as much as possible during the question.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Now all our questions on Pointless
0:09:35 > 0:09:37have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48We use an external market research company.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50People who are asked the questions
0:09:50 > 0:09:52don't know these questions are for Pointless.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55We make sure that the questions are asked
0:09:55 > 0:09:58to a cross-section of people from around Britain.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02But there is one Pointless question that has many of you flummoxed.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Which is, why was the current series interrupted mid-run
0:10:06 > 0:10:08by seemingly random repeats?
0:10:08 > 0:10:12It's been spoilt continually for those of us who are ready
0:10:12 > 0:10:19for tea-time television by showing repeats again not in sequence.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Therefore the jackpot can be 1,000 today, can be 6,000 tomorrow
0:10:24 > 0:10:26and can be a different one the next day.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29So people we see as returning are not returning,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31they're brand-new to us viewers.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Does the BBC really think that the tea-time viewer
0:10:35 > 0:10:38doesn't know from one day to the next where he's going?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42We asked BBC scheduling to provide an answer to this conundrum.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Away from quiz shows, choirmaster extraordinaire Gareth Malone
0:11:02 > 0:11:05is back on BBC Two on Tuesday nights.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I have a new job title.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10I'm now the Director of Harmonic Integration
0:11:10 > 0:11:13and Strategic Vocal Performance Officer.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14APPLAUSE
0:11:14 > 0:11:17And this time round, he's working for the council -
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Birmingham City Council - in an attempt to find its best voices.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24But along the way it became hard to ignore
0:11:24 > 0:11:26the impact of the current cutbacks.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46So some doubts about the added politics in the series,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49but lots of praise for the singing ambition in the choir,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51proving once again that there is no one view
0:11:51 > 0:11:53that represents all the viewers.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55We hear that again and again on Points Of View,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59and in fact, that's something the BBC Trust is reflecting now.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Because this week they are launching the biggest-ever review
0:12:03 > 0:12:06into BBC television, BBCs One, Two, Three and Four,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08to find out whether they're delivering
0:12:08 > 0:12:10in terms of quality and value for money.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14I'm joined here by one of the trustees, David Liddiment. Tell us
0:12:14 > 0:12:16why it's so important for the public to be involved here.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Because it's the BBC and we all pay our licence fee.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22So we want to hear what licence-fee payers,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24what the viewers think about the BBC television services.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28And it's important because television is the most used
0:12:28 > 0:12:33of the BBC's services and the BBC Trust was set up to represent
0:12:33 > 0:12:36the views of the licence-fee payer.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Are you going to change anything as a result of what people say?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Can you change things?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44We can make recommendations to the management.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48We did at the last review around the distinctiveness of BBC Two,
0:12:48 > 0:12:52and we've seen wonderful dramas like Peaky Blinders and so on,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55some extraordinarily innovative, fresh and distinctive programmes,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58which is one of the things the Trust has been looking for.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01So yes, I think we can make a difference.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04The full details of how you can get involved in this review
0:13:04 > 0:13:05are on the Trust website.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14And don't forget, we like to hear your views every week.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18You can get in touch to give them to us in so many ways.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43And we're really enjoying reading all your tweets -
0:13:43 > 0:13:47the address for them @bbcpov
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Until next week, when we will be putting your questions
0:13:50 > 0:13:54to the BBC director-general Tony Hall, goodbye.
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