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I sympathise - there's nothing to beat BBC Four - but Strictly Come Dancing is a massive moneyspinner as a format and helps pay for the quality.

Then just sell the format abroad and not show it in the UK :-)

The trouble is the population of the UK is a vast spectrum of tastes and they all pay their licence fee. If they don't feel like their getting their moneys worth then they won't pay and the BBC will be shut down as it won't be able to afford to carry on running and you lose everything.

I don't. I hope they carry on providing a broad set of different kinds of content for the whole population.

As soon as stuff starts getting ditched the tyranny of the majority means that you're not going to end up with documentaries and arts programming :-)

I feel the same but they have to try to appeal to everyone as it's publicly funded and there are a lot of people who like "Soap Operas, Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice etc" - unfortunately :).