Bbc - The Lambing Programme

[Tizzi24]

How can the Beeb justify putting 65 people in a hotel at a cost of £265 per night whilst making this programme? I am furious, why do they waste the taxpayers money like this?

[Svejk]

^I was aware of this but thanks for trying to educate me, anyway. I'm sure it was well meant.

[Tizzi24]

Thank you all for your answers.

Boxtops - I wasn't furious about the actual programme, just the fact that it was £265 per night (or so it was reported on the radio), £58 is a lot better, so I'm not furious anymore.

Svejk - Thank you for your support. I don't think the BBC is that well run either.

[B00]

"furious" is a tad OTT isn't it?

At a push i'd be mildly annoyed, or perhaps more correctly, jealous, but life's too short to get het up over something like this.

If it bothers you that much, get rid of your TV and stop funding it by paying your license.

[snags]

Pah... stop bleating ;-p

[sp1814]

Sixty five people might sound like a lot, but that might be because people are conflating 'outside broadcast' with 'current affairs outside broadcast'.

News and current affairs OBs can get away with a camera operator, boom operator, producer and 'talent'.

However, on a weeklong show such as this, there will be:

Presenters
Producer
Director
PA to the producer
PA to the director
At least three runners
Camera operators (x4)
Camera technicians
Lighting director
Offline editor
Drivers
Assistants to on screen talent
SME (subject matter experts)
Sound recorders
Sound mixers
Engineers
Graphics supervisors
Location manager
Series producer
Production Manager
Assistant to the Production Manager
Assistant to the Lighting Director

That's just off the top of my head. OBs need the same number of people to produce a show that studio-based content demands.

[sp1814]

Kinda scary how long it took me to get snags' 'stop bleating' line...