Re: [Swprograms] BBC E-mail: World Service soap Westway axed

["Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As I said, different masters now.

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[mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Figliozzi
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Subject: Re: [Swprograms] BBC E-mail: World Service soap Westway axed

Never one of my personal favorites, but the article points out why it  
is to many across the globe and why it was important.

So let me get this straight.  There was nothing deemed wrong with the  
quality of the program.  And it was evidently quite popular.  So, of  
course, it should be axed!  Given the "logic" pursued rather  
relentlessly by BBCWS management of late, this reasoning is perfectly  
consistent!

And while you might think I'm just being sarcastic, I am.  But I'm also  
being factual.

John Figliozzi
Halfmoon, NY

PS:  Somewhere along the line in the various BBC-related threads the  
past few weeks, someone commented that if the BBC truly wanted to same  
some scratch, it really ought to scrap one of its worst decisions from  
the past decade....that being the seven (or is it nine?) program  
streams which, with the exception of the Africa streams, just broadcast  
the same programs but at slightly different times.  I wholeheartedly  
concur and have been saying this from almost the beginning of this  
addled idea. Given the stripped down version(s) of the BBC we have  
today (in comparison to even the recent past) and the apparent plans on  
the drawing board in 2006 to strip it down further, all that's really  
needed is a worldwide stream and an African stream.  Even an all-news  
stream won't be necessary any longer because that will be the natural  
state of the new BBCWS in 2006 apparently!

As someone in Monty Python once said,  "What a stupid concert."


On Apr 1, 2005, at 5:12 PM, Richard Cuff wrote:

> Richard Cuff saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
> should see it.
>
> ** Message **
>> From the BBCWS themselves...
>
> Richard Cuff
>
> ** World Service soap Westway axed **
> BBC World Service radio soap opera Westway, heard by millions of  
> people worldwide, is to be axed.
> <  
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/ 
> 4400735.stm >
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