0:00:02 > 0:00:05This week, your reviews are in on two of the BBC's latest dramas.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07And, yet again, one of the corporation's
0:00:07 > 0:00:10comedies has firmly split opinion.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14All that and more coming up in the show that lets you have your say
0:00:14 > 0:00:17on the week's BBC television programmes.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Welcome to your Points Of View.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33We begin this week with the BBC One drama that debuted on Tuesday
0:00:33 > 0:00:36night after being postponed from the previous week.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The latest work from Liverpudlian writer Jimmy McGovern,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Broken stars Sean Bean as a compassionate Catholic priest
0:00:44 > 0:00:47in an impoverished northern community.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Amongst the members of his congregation is struggling
0:00:49 > 0:00:52single mum Christina, played by Anna Friel.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- Did you know that she was having chest pains?- Yeah.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Did you know she was having chest pains?
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Because I didn't, everyone else knew.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59When was her pension last drawn, Christina?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- An hour ago.- Oh, Christina.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08SHE CRIES
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Broken had you reaching for the tissues.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And there was praise, too, for the drama's portrayal of life on
0:01:32 > 0:01:33the breadline.
0:01:33 > 0:01:39Broken is a great series because it highlights real social issues
0:01:39 > 0:01:43that affect the UK today, everywhere. It's so true to life.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Broken continues on Tuesday night.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46It's been less than a month since
0:01:46 > 0:01:49MasterChef crowned its latest winner.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Bake Off: Creme de la Creme just reached its conclusion on
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Wednesday night,
0:01:53 > 0:01:58but this week saw the return of yet another competitive cooking show.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Running on weekday afternoons,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Yes Chef sees professional chefs picking a partner from a selection
0:02:05 > 0:02:09of keen, amateur cooks after putting them through their paces.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12The pair from each day's episode then go on to compete in
0:02:12 > 0:02:14a Friday cook-off final.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17'The teams try desperately to plate up everything in order to
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- 'finish on time.- Yeah, a little bit of stock.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21A little bit of stock.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Where's that vinaigrette I asked you to make?- Yeah, the vinaigrette here?
0:02:26 > 0:02:30At least one of you feels Yes Chef is an improvement on its
0:02:30 > 0:02:31bigger budget rivals.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Yet the appearance of another cookery show in the schedules
0:02:44 > 0:02:45got you all steamed up.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03The perfect example of too many cooks, perhaps.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Next, there may be no such thing as a free lunch, but turn up in
0:03:07 > 0:03:10the right place at the right time recently and you could have
0:03:10 > 0:03:14been in line for a complimentary breakfast, courtesy of the BBC.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22As part of their election coverage, BBC Breakfast have been travelling
0:03:22 > 0:03:25the country with a butty van in tow
0:03:25 > 0:03:28to grill voters on their election views.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31On Wednesday, the van pitched up in Portrush.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35As an economist, looking at this region of Northern Ireland,
0:03:35 > 0:03:36how does it differ to the UK?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Because a lot of the issues we're talking about is exactly what
0:03:39 > 0:03:40the rest of the UK is talking about.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Yes, indeed, and in many ways, the region is quite similar.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44It's got pockets of absolute brilliance.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48The van's appearance on BBC Breakfast proved
0:03:48 > 0:03:49a rude awakening for some.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05That budget perhaps not stretching far enough, though.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Because of the unique way the BBC is funded,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09we've only actually got one microphone.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13It wasn't just the cost of the roving roll outlet that had
0:04:13 > 0:04:15you spluttering in your coffee either.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Adam Bullimore is the man in charge at BBC Breakfast.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49We put your views on the show's Bapmobile to him,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51and this is what he had to say in response.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20When it comes to the BBC's election coverage,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23it hasn't just been the style of the coverage you've been criticising,
0:05:23 > 0:05:24but also the content,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28with many feeling the corporation's reporting has been biased.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50In the interest of impartiality, however,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53it is only fair to point out that we also received the following.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I journeyed into the heart of the BBC's news operation to put
0:06:20 > 0:06:23those accusations of bias to the person responsible for the
0:06:23 > 0:06:25BBC's flagship news bulletins.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Some of our viewers think that the news is biased
0:06:32 > 0:06:35one way or the other. What do you have to say to that?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Well, I mean, unsurprisingly, I'd reject the idea that the news
0:06:38 > 0:06:42is biased and to sort of reassure audiences, we go through
0:06:42 > 0:06:44meetings, processes, discussions,
0:06:44 > 0:06:49editorial discussions all day as we prepare the news and
0:06:49 > 0:06:54prepare it for broadcast, and so news in itself can be controversial.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57There can be a range of opinions, particularly during election periods
0:06:57 > 0:07:00when you've got different political parties saying different things.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04But I want to reassure audiences of BBC News that we go through
0:07:04 > 0:07:07a lot of stages every day very carefully.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10We take a lot of care to ensure that the news isn't biased.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17One interesting thing is when you DON'T cover a story, Paul.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18So, a march happens and someone's on it
0:07:18 > 0:07:21and they say, "Well, where is it in the news?"
0:07:21 > 0:07:22The bulletins that I look after,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25there's a finite space and there's a lot of competition for that space.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Quite often in those particular cases,
0:07:27 > 0:07:32somewhere within BBC News, the website or radio or another
0:07:32 > 0:07:34platform, that story is being covered.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38We may have covered an issue three months ago, it comes up again now.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40The judgment on the day is actually,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44we have discussed and covered and analysed that issue fairly recently,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46so it's not going to get on today because we think we've got
0:07:46 > 0:07:49something else which is more important, more significant,
0:07:49 > 0:07:53or the audience would perhaps prefer to be hearing about.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Is being unbiased just a destination you never quite reach?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Absolutely, because I think we are committed to impartiality,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03we are committed to delivering for audiences, and it's not our
0:08:03 > 0:08:05job to demonstrate or show bias,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08and I think the experience and the quality of the reporters and
0:08:08 > 0:08:11the producers and the programme editors we have,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14we are pretty successful at delivering that.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Whether it's to compliment or criticise something you see
0:08:16 > 0:08:18on the BBC over the next seven days,
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0:09:05 > 0:09:07This week saw the halfway point
0:09:07 > 0:09:10reached in BBC Two's dark new thriller.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Unfolding over three episodes,
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Paula sees the life of
0:09:13 > 0:09:15a comprehensive school chemistry teacher
0:09:15 > 0:09:19take a torrid turn after a one-night stand
0:09:19 > 0:09:20with an odd-job man
0:09:20 > 0:09:24originally called to rid her basement of rodents.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I was thinking I might...
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I might get a pizza if you want...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Yeah. Look, James, I don't want to hurt your feelings,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34but this is a really, really bad time for me. I'm sorry.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40No problem.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Some of you were gripped from the outset.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55But others felt the drama's opening episode was more likely to
0:09:55 > 0:09:57induce sleep than keep anyone awake at night.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12You can make up your own mind on Paula
0:10:12 > 0:10:14by catching up via the iPlayer.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16The first two episodes are available now.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21Last weekend, BBC Two whisked us off for a whistle-stop tour
0:10:21 > 0:10:24around the haunts of one of Britain's best loved authors.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32Historian Lucy Worsley was our guide in Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35which aimed to show how the houses the author lived and
0:10:35 > 0:10:37stayed in influenced her writing.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Now, this might not be the big and glamorous ballroom
0:10:42 > 0:10:45that you were expecting,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49but it was possible to hold a ball in just an ordinary house.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51A novel delight by most accounts.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06But there were also complaints from those who felt the programme
0:11:06 > 0:11:08lacked both style and substance.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29From the 19th-century life of a classics author to the rather
0:11:29 > 0:11:33different experiences of 1980s Essex wheeler-dealers.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Taking us back to an era we'd probably all rather forget
0:11:38 > 0:11:41fashion-wise, BBC Two's new comedy White Gold,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45follows the characters at a double glazing salesroom, with
0:11:45 > 0:11:50a fast-talking and ever so slightly smarmy Vincent Swann at the helm.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- So, what is it you sell? - Double glazing.- Fancy.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I quite like them patio doors.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I bet they're expensive, though.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Oh, you'd be surprised, Gillian.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04It appears the BBC may have struck gold with this one.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13That's dedication for you.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16And there was approval from industry insiders, too.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Short but sweet, Mel.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22White Gold may have dazzled some,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25but others found it to be no laughing matter,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28thanks to the characters' rather colourful language.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Perhaps not for everyone, then.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Finally this week,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47you've been paying tribute to one of Blue Peter's best-loved
0:12:47 > 0:12:51former presenters, John Noakes, who sadly passed away earlier this week.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08"Get down, Shep" was the unforgettable catchphrase.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12We're back on BBC One at 4:45pm next Sunday, and until then,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16we will leave you with a clip of that, frankly, terrifying ascent.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Take care.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I found myself literally hanging from the ladder
0:13:20 > 0:13:21with nothing at all beneath me.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26You told me there was overhang,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- but you didn't tell me it leant to one side.- No.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- That was the awkward part.- My God.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35It's a long way up, really, isn't it?