ChatterBank2 mins ago
Pointless
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Since BBC have so much money to give away as borne out by the latest episodes of Pointless where contestants attempt to add to the jackpot, I would much rather see see this part of the show scrapped and the money saved go to free licences for the over 75's!!!!
What do you think???
What do you think???
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The BBC don't pay the prize money anyway. The show is made by Remarkable TV, which is a subsidiary of Banijay, who make everything from The Crystal Maze and Tipping Point to Peaky Blinders, Grantchester and Wallander. While the BBC, as the commissioning broadcaster, will obviously have a lot of input into the programme, they will simply pay a fixed fee for its production, with Remarkable picking up the bill for any successes achieved by its contestants.
Given the overall costs of creating TV programmes (with costume dramas, for example, coming in at around a million pounds per hour), a few slightly higher prizes are just a drop in the ocean anyway.
The cost of providing free TV licences to all those over 75 years of age would, in just a few year's time, reach a total of one billion pounds per year. That's a hell of a lot of quiz show prizes!
Given the overall costs of creating TV programmes (with costume dramas, for example, coming in at around a million pounds per hour), a few slightly higher prizes are just a drop in the ocean anyway.
The cost of providing free TV licences to all those over 75 years of age would, in just a few year's time, reach a total of one billion pounds per year. That's a hell of a lot of quiz show prizes!
er use the point money for free licences - yay !
one of the more sensible suggestion on AB this week
you do realise when theyy flash up the £1,267 to play for ( 5 mins of their time at their rates) - - its not £1,267,000 - - - or
£12 670,000 .... dont you ?
cost is around £750 000 - golly those OAPs watch a lorra telly end of ( thank you TTT) - and waaahaaah - thats a lotta pointless bonuses (look like Judge judy looking like a suprised ruminant)
one of the more sensible suggestion on AB this week
you do realise when theyy flash up the £1,267 to play for ( 5 mins of their time at their rates) - - its not £1,267,000 - - - or
£12 670,000 .... dont you ?
cost is around £750 000 - golly those OAPs watch a lorra telly end of ( thank you TTT) - and waaahaaah - thats a lotta pointless bonuses (look like Judge judy looking like a suprised ruminant)