Episode 13 Points of View

Soon it will be "scone" from the BBC.

In the week it was announced

that the corporation lost one of its biggest shows to Channel 4,

we've got your thoughts on that,

and the week's BBC television programmes coming up.

Welcome to your Points Of View.

Forget Brexit, this week it was news of "Bread-xit"

that was filling airwaves and column inches.

After seeing six champions crowned on BBC screens,

with one more still to come,

on Monday it was announced that the Great British Bake Off series

currently airing on BBC One

will be the last to be screened by the corporation.

These are a whole plethora of colours

and they're bone-dry too, overdone.

There's too much sugar and you overcooked it.

Biscuits.

After this year, Bake Off's tent will be pitching up on Channel 4

because the BBC failed to reach a deal with the production company

responsible for making the show.

And the news proved no trifling matter for you.

Some of you, like ten-year-old Milly, were quick to suggest

how the BBC could have found the dough needed to hang on to the show.

But not everyone will be sad to see the series leave BBC screens.

To get more of your views on the Great British "break-up",

we set up stall at a market in Bristol

to ask, should the BBC have stumped up the extra money needed

to keep Bake Off on BBC ONE,

or were they right to let Channel 4 serve up the cash instead?

I think the BBC were right in what they are doing.

It's taxpayers' money.

Yes, I think the BBC were right to let the Bake Off go to Channel 4,

I think it was the right choice.

I think the BBC should have paid more.

At the end of the day, it's like the best programme on TV.

Definitely the most popular programme on TV.

And the BBC's job is to show what the public wants to watch.

I think the BBC were right to let Bake Off go to Channel 4,

because they should be investing their money

into other programmes on the BBC.

I think the BBC made the correct decision

because the BBC is on a very limited budget.

I think the BBC were right to let it go to Channel 4

because, at the valuation that they put on it,

it was too high for the taxpayer to swallow.

I don't believe the BBC should have paid any more money

for the Great British Bake Off,

mainly because they had already spent enough

starting with it from scratch.

I do think they should have paid the extra money

and I think they could have cut money in other areas

in order to fund it.

It's kind of sad, really.

I don't think the BBC should pay more money for the programme.

After all, to put so much into one programme,

for one particular group of people,

probably isn't the right way to go.

The BBC were right to let it go to Channel 4.

They've got to be really careful with their money now.

Mmm, yum-yum!

The results of our, albeit unscientific, sample

showing most agreed the BBC were perhaps right

not to lay out the extra money.

Bake Off wasn't the only BBC series hitting the headlines

in the last week.

Last Sunday saw the climax

of a long-running domestic abuse storyline

from the Radio 4 soap The Archers,

as the verdict in Helen's trial

for attempting to murder her abusive husband was delivered.

Have the jury reached verdicts upon which at least 10 of you are agreed?

Yes.

The culmination of the trial received coverage

on both BBC One's 6.35pm and 10 o'clock news bulletins

on Sunday.

It was the moment Archers fans had spent months waiting for -

the end of the trial of one of the main characters

for attempted murder.

But some of you were quick to question

if the soap's storyline was really worthy of prime-time news coverage.

We asked BBC News why they'd felt the need to cover The Archers story,

and here's what Sam Taylor, executive editor,

had to say in response.

With previous frontwoman Lacey Turner returning to EastEnders,

another soap star, this time Corrie's Michelle Keegan,

has gone into battle for the second series

of BBC One's military-based drama Our Girl.

Posted to a refugee camp near the Kenya-Somalia border,

Keegan's character, Army medic Lance Corporal Georgie Lane,

was soon captured by insurgents.

Wednesday's episode saw her colleagues battling to rescue her.

Georgie.

Primary confirmed alive. Repeat, alive.

While some of you have praised

a power-packed performance by Keegan...

..others felt, after watching the series-opening episode,

it was all a bit underwhelming.

And it wasn't just the storylines you found hard to bear.

Yet again, a familiar problem reared its head.

I have been watching the episodes of Our Girl.

I find it a very good drama.

Unfortunately, it is spoilt by poor diction,

actors mumbling, and music that goes

right the way throughout the programme.

Only loud and patriotic voices in evidence

last Saturday night on BBC One.

The Royal Albert Hall's roof was raised once again

as the 122nd BBC Proms season drew to a close

with rousing Last Night performances.

Highlights of the evening included a celebration

of Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs,

featuring contributions from Proms In The Park events

in Colwyn Bay, Glasgow Green and Belfast.

# Oh, Danny boy The pipes, the pipes are calling

# From glen to glen

# And down the mountain side... #

This year's coverage seemed to hit the right note with you.

But some of you were saddened

contributions from some nations

were missing from the latter part of the evening.

You can relive the Last Night of the Proms on the iPlayer.

Next up, the BBC One classic

celebrating its 39th year of production.

One of the BBC's most watched factual titles, Antiques Roadshow,

recently returned to BBC One for a new series.

Last Sunday's episode came from Audley Hall in Essex

and unearthed a giant bronze cockerel,

buried in world wars to avoid ending up as ammunition.

I have seen a couple of bronzes today,

and then you turn up

with just the monster of all bronzes.

Where did you get it from?

It comes from Belgium.

But the eagle-eyed amongst you

have spotted the show is sporting a slightly different look

since its return.

The camerawork has changed to a more film-like quality,

rather than the more studio-based appearance

that we have had before in previous series.

I prefer the more studio-based effect

and I just wonder why there's a difference.

Well, Antiques Roadshow confirmed

they have recently changed the way the series is filmed.

With episodes now shot using a format which does give the programme

more of a film-like look.

Here's what the show's executive producer Simon Shaw

had to say about the change.

If you're not a fan of the series' new look,

there is a reprieve in store -

tonight's episode was filmed before the switch to the new-style format.

CLUCKING

The Hairy Bikers are back in the saddle on BBC Two.

Hairy Bikers - Chicken Egg has Dave and Si on a mission

to find the best chicken and egg recipes

in the world.

Episode two on Tuesday saw them reach France,

putting a twist on that French classic coq au vin.

Our wine is going to be blanc, instead of rouge.

Which means we can indulge ourselves

with...guess what?

The addition of cream.

You put cream in a red-wine chicken dish, it goes purple!

Some of you feel the chefs' latest series is off to a "cracking" start.

I have watched two entertaining and enjoyable episodes

of the Hairy Bikers - Chicken Egg series.

I also find it very informative, as they talk about the history,

traditions and different cooking ideas.

For others, the chefs are perhaps doing

a bit too much "yolking" around.

Sorry.

And finally, the return of Beck to Points Of View.

Last week we covered the sound issues some of you experienced

with BBC Four's Saturday night Swedish drama,

which appear to have been resolved.

But fans of the series have been in touch with us once more.

Of course. Our crack team of researchers sprang into action.

Here is what they discovered. Now, bear with us.

In September and October last year,

BBC Four showed one episode from Series 4,

then four episodes from Series 5.

In July and August this year came four episodes from Series 3,

followed by one from Series 4, before Series 6 started

on 10th September.

Confused? So were we.

All of those episodes were shown for the first time on those dates -

so why, we asked the BBC, didn't you show them in the right order?

Hmm. That's it for another week.

Please do continue getting in touch with your thoughts

on the BBC's television programmes.

You can send us your comment, or a video, through our website...

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..and you can join in the conversation on social media, too...

We are back in a mid-afternoon slot next Sunday.

You'll find is on BBC One at 2.45pm. See you then.