0:00:10 > 0:00:14Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to Points Of View,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17THE place to air your views on the BBC.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21And if ever there was a week of differing views, well, this is it,
0:00:21 > 0:00:24so hold on tight because this is going to be a contentious ride.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26It's just been announced
0:00:26 > 0:00:29that Baroness Thatcher has died this morning.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32On Monday, as news broke of the death of the former
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher,
0:00:34 > 0:00:36schedulers were forced
0:00:36 > 0:00:39to reshuffle programmes to allow for extended news coverage.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43The one o'clock news on BBC One was extended by an extra 30 minutes,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45nearly becoming the two o'clock news.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This is an extended BBC One News.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59And as the day went on, programmes were moved to later start times
0:00:59 > 0:01:03or off the schedules altogether to make way for the new story.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05'And in light of today's news,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09'we've some changes to our Monday afternoon schedule on BBC One.'
0:01:14 > 0:01:17The BBC confirmed that, because of the news,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20there were several amendments to the schedule.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24A special news programme moved BBC One daytime viewing out of kilter.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Later, two shows, Panorama and another one, The Prisoners,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30were sidelined to make way for the obituary programme,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39ANDREW MARR: Margaret Thatcher was Britain's only woman Prime Minister.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57It has been decided that Panorama and the documentary,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00The Prisoners, will now air tomorrow night.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03But it wasn't just the amount of time given to Baroness Thatcher.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06She was considered by many divisive in life,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10but how she's been remembered in death has split opinion, too.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44The final word on this goes to John Turner from Hamilton.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48He reckons he knows what the Iron Lady herself would've thought of it all.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57And while too much airtime dedicated to Baroness Thatcher
0:02:57 > 0:02:58has been driving some mad,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01others are simply mad at bad driving on their screens.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09BBC Three's Barely Legal Drivers reveals what teenagers get up to
0:03:09 > 0:03:11when left alone behind the wheel.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13And some of it is definitely illegal.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Tommy, if you go 100, you're going to get a tenner.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Just do it, just do it.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29100? Ryan, you owe Tommy a tenner.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31The programme ends with a judgement as to whether
0:03:31 > 0:03:35the teenager will be sent for advanced driving instruction
0:03:35 > 0:03:40or has earned the right to a new car paid for by the BBC.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42We've come to the decision that we're going to give you
0:03:42 > 0:03:44the money for another car.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48So, no more phones...
0:03:48 > 0:03:51You're making me upset now.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11A lot of anger on this one.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15We put your questions to the BBC's Commissioning Editor
0:04:15 > 0:04:17for documentaries, Charlotte Moore.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21The whole premise of Barely Legal Drivers is not to set
0:04:21 > 0:04:24a bad example or to suggest that dangerous driving
0:04:24 > 0:04:27is fine in any way, or to reward bad driving.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Dangerous driving or bad habits are never shown
0:04:30 > 0:04:32without being commented on.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Former traffic cop Judith Roberts is on hand throughout
0:04:34 > 0:04:37to offer practical advice, and it's her ultimate decision,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40not the parents' or the production company,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42as to whether the young person receives a car
0:04:42 > 0:04:44or advanced driving lessons.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Because the series set out to encourage road safety
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and to make young people better drivers,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53this absolutely justifies the use of the programme budget
0:04:53 > 0:04:55to pay for the advanced driving lessons,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57or indeed the money towards a new car.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23PRESENTER: Distracted by the argument, Bradley carelessly cruises
0:05:23 > 0:05:27through not just one but two sets of red traffic lights.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31There were very strict protocols around
0:05:31 > 0:05:33health and safety throughout the series
0:05:33 > 0:05:35for both the crew and the contributors.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Unfortunately, on this one occasion,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41the crew made a bad judgement call and made the decision
0:05:41 > 0:05:44to follow the contributor and therefore jump red lights
0:05:44 > 0:05:45at the same time.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48The crew who made the film are very apologetic for this,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51and clearly we do not condone this at all.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54And an update on this from BBC Three -
0:05:54 > 0:05:56they have now re-edited the episode,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00removing the scene from any future repeat broadcast.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03So, we'll park driving there.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Food and cookery shows should be a safer area for discussion,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10but their dominance in the schedules has led to many calls
0:06:10 > 0:06:12for the BBC to turn the oven off.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29# Food, glorious food... #
0:06:30 > 0:06:34'A little bit of what you fancy does you good.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37'But it reaches a point where you have a little bit more,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40'and then a little bit more, and then a lot more,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42'way over the top and makes you feel sick.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44'I love food,'
0:06:44 > 0:06:49but I don't want to watch 32.5 hours a week of food programmes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Bakers, there's one hour till I can sink my teeth into your buns.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54An hour and a half left.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Sweetness, acidity, fruity.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Spiced mango naan bread.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01That's something I really want to get stuck into.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Going to start with some spicy roast chicken.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05First I just go at them with a rolling pin.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Wow.- Oop!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Incredibly intensely flavoured.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Oh, that's so delicious.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Three to five hours per day is at present allocated
0:07:17 > 0:07:20to food programmes of one sort or another.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Not forgetting his crucial sorrel leaf garnish.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26It's cooking, cooking, cooking.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Obviously, tastes do vary, and I understand
0:07:29 > 0:07:31that some people do like cookery programmes.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35But what we need is more variety with the programmes.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08Basically, they're all about cooking and preparing food.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11There's nothing like relaxing at the end of the day,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15putting your feet up and watch a bit of television.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18But food, food, food.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20It's over the top.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23The good news for all of those who have complained about
0:08:23 > 0:08:27the great food feast is that this week the hours dedicated
0:08:27 > 0:08:29to cookery have reduced.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34We've only been able to count 22 hours from last Sunday to today.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Maybe the BBC is putting itself on that diet
0:08:37 > 0:08:39you so badly think it needs.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41On the menu next, small portions.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Now, that is the increasing trend of splitting stories
0:08:45 > 0:08:48and returning to them later in the same programme,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51designed to keep us interested, but leaving us
0:08:51 > 0:08:52feeling less than satisfied...
0:08:52 > 0:08:55OK, I'll stop with the food analogies now, I promise.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I'll show you.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Chronicle, please.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07That's 80p, please, buddy. Thank you very much.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Can I give you that half later?
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Morning, Richard.- Morning. - Pint of the usual, please.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- There you go. I'll give you the other half later on.- OK.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22When I come in the pub and ask for a pint, I expect a whole pint,
0:09:22 > 0:09:23not three quarters of a pint.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25When I go and buy a newspaper,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I expect all the extra supplements to be inside it.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34And when I sit down and watch a TV programme like Countryfile,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I expect to see the whole story, not part of it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Later on, I'll be learning more about the Northumbrian dialect.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Later on, I'll be finding out
0:09:43 > 0:09:46if there are any lessons we can learn from here.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50And it's not just Countryfile.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53It's become more and more, and it's, I think, with several programmes.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57The Hotel Aldeia is an accident waiting to happen.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Later, we discover more danger in the deep.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05It's happening more and more. But Countryfile is definitely the worst.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I think they should change the programme
0:10:08 > 0:10:12so we see one item at a time finished and then start the next item.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Countryfile, at its best, is all about telling stories,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20and when you're telling a story,
0:10:20 > 0:10:24you don't necessarily want to get to the pay off too quickly.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Countryfile's very lucky with the richness of the content that it has.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32We have the beauty of the locations,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35we have the insight into the farming year that we have
0:10:35 > 0:10:37with Adam's farm,
0:10:37 > 0:10:41and we have the rather harder-nosed journalistic investigations.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43So the trick, really,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47is to interweave all these elements into a satisfying mix
0:10:47 > 0:10:51that will give you a coherent story across the 60 minutes.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54And that's what we try to do.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Rather than half stories,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59some feel that Doctor Who's been delivering half-hearted stories.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Well, come on, then...
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Eat up!
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Are you full?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11The second episode of the current run,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13entitled The Rings of Akhenaten,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15didn't quite hit the spot.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Let's hope the TARDIS is back on course next week.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Graham Norton's return is certainly heading in the right direction,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47with an A-list line-up including Tom Cruise and Gerard Butler,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49the new series has earned itself an A+.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01And praise, too, for another returning series.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03In a week where news coverage has filled our mailbags,
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Have I Got News For You has been welcomed with open arms.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24The One Show is a series that never goes away, and for that reason
0:12:24 > 0:12:27we all get terribly familiar with its presenters.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30But is one of them a little overfamiliar
0:12:30 > 0:12:33when she talks about the part of the country she comes from?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Take a look at this.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus i chi i gyd!- Yeah!
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Do you have a favourite British accent? Say Welsh!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I have to say the Welsh.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Good luck to everybody with their teams in the Six Nations.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Especially Wales.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05No-one's been more successful in doing so than the Welsh.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Why is Wales going to smash England tomorrow?
0:13:08 > 0:13:09It is a brilliant Welsh accent.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- Coming from you, that is a great compliment. You're Welsh, aren't you?- Well, yes.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- I'm staying put in Wales. - Ah, the best place to be.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Poor old Alex Jones.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Now, if there's anything you're watching that you want
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