BBC Schedule Repeats Research

11 hours and 50 minutes out of a total of 42 hours on the BBC this week will consist of repeats, according to research recently compiled by the Guardian. If films shown previously are added on, it comes to a total of 17 hours – 40% of total viewing hours. At the same time last year, repeats on the channel took up only 8 hours, 50 minutes (20% of total).

ITV, in comparison, will run a total of 5 hours, 30 minutes of repeats this week, also a substantial increase from last year (1 hour, 20 minutes) but no- where near BBC’s total. The Corporation aims for a peak-time repeats limit of 20%.

BBC1 Repeats 6pm-midnight July 10-16

Saturday July 10

Open All Hours

Birds of a Feather

House of Elliott Spender

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Sunday July 11

As Time Goes By

The Rainbow

Monday July 12

So Haunt Me

Waiting for God

The Rainbow

Tuesday July 13

The Good Life

May to December

Jaws

The Likely Lads

Wednesday July 14

Canned Carrott

Thursday July 15

Keeping Up Appearances

Friday July 16

Dad’s Army(replacing Eldorado)

Casualty