Ain't just a few of us rather upset by the excessive BBC HRH coverage:
BBC flooded with complaints over Prince Philip coverage
Corporation opened dedicated complaints form on its website to deal with high volume of comments
Within six hours of Prince Philip’s death being announced the BBC had received so many complaints about its wall-to-wall coverage of the news that it opened a dedicated complaints form on its website, as television viewers turned off and went elsewhere.
The BBC curtailed dozens of broadcasts on Friday, taking the nation’s most popular television and radio channels off air and reducing dozens of other broadcasts on stations across the country, to provide uninterrupted coverage of tributes to the Queen’s husband.
BBC One played a series of pre-recorded shows, including Philip’s children paying tribute to him, while BBC Two scrapped its schedule and simulcast the same shows as its sister channel. Friday night staples such as EastEnders, Gardeners’ World, and the final episode of MasterChef were taken off air to make way for more tributes, an approach also taken by ITV.
Many viewers reacted by turning off altogether. BBC One dipped 6% compared to the previous Friday evening, while BBC Two’s audience was down two-thirds. ITV ripped up its schedule for tributes to Prince Philip but still lost 60% of the previous week’s audience, according to analysis of viewing figures by Deadline.
BBC flooded with complaints over Prince Philip coverage
Corporation opened dedicated complaints form on its website to deal with high volume of comments
Within six hours of Prince Philip’s death being announced the BBC had received so many complaints about its wall-to-wall coverage of the news that it opened a dedicated complaints form on its website, as television viewers turned off and went elsewhere.
The BBC curtailed dozens of broadcasts on Friday, taking the nation’s most popular television and radio channels off air and reducing dozens of other broadcasts on stations across the country, to provide uninterrupted coverage of tributes to the Queen’s husband.
BBC One played a series of pre-recorded shows, including Philip’s children paying tribute to him, while BBC Two scrapped its schedule and simulcast the same shows as its sister channel. Friday night staples such as EastEnders, Gardeners’ World, and the final episode of MasterChef were taken off air to make way for more tributes, an approach also taken by ITV.
Many viewers reacted by turning off altogether. BBC One dipped 6% compared to the previous Friday evening, while BBC Two’s audience was down two-thirds. ITV ripped up its schedule for tributes to Prince Philip but still lost 60% of the previous week’s audience, according to analysis of viewing figures by Deadline.
