BBC looking to scrap "The Sky At Night"

[Neil]

Seems there's rumours the BBC could be canning their longest running TV series - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10329846/The-Sky-At-Night-faces-the-axe-one-year-after-Sir-Patrick-Moores-death.html

I'm bemused how/why the BBC would do this. This is the exact sort of program (on for just 25mins or so once a month) I expect my license fee to pay for! Are we dumming down so much 25mins of astronomy on in the middle of the night once a month is too much for us?

Petition - https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/the-bbc-please-do-not-axe-the-sky-at-night

[krakenslayer]

Seems there's rumours the BBC could be canning their longest running TV series - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10329846/The-Sky-At-Night-faces-the-axe-one-year-after-Sir-Patrick-Moores-death.html

I'm bemused how/why the BBC would do this. This is the exact sort of program (on for just 25mins or so once a month) I expect my license fee to pay for! Are we dumming down so much 25mins of astronomy on in the middle of the night once a month is too much for us?

Petition - https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/the-bbc-please-do-not-axe-the-sky-at-night

Petition very earnestly signed.

[Neil]

Interesting article - http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/fiona-mccade-reasons-to-keep-the-sky-at-night-1-3111532


Does The Sky at Night enrich lives? Yes. Does it inform, educate and entertain? Yes, yes and yes. It’s on for 30 minutes, once a month, and it costs practically nothing to make. Nobody dislikes it, half-a-million people love it enough to tune in whenever it’s on – even in the middle of the night. Quality programming should always be guaranteed room in the schedules, so why are we even talking about this? Especially while there is still a slot for Mrs Brown’s Boys.