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I have always been fascinated by the BBC's mission of providing a service to the public without adverts. You have to pay a license to RAI (Italian national TV), but you get exactly the same shite as the other channels, interspersed by handfuls of ads and infomercials between and within the shows themselves).

So far I could only justify the obsession with ratings as a way to keep the fees charged for adverts as high as possible, so I find it quite odd that the BBC is worried about the number of their viewers and moving shows around consequently. Or is it because they are so concerned about their viewers' satisfaction that they'll do anything to please them? (Somehow I just cannot not buy this).

In related news, Diamond Geezer has just discovered how intoxicating it is to check your own website statistics and see them grow, so be nice and go pay a visit, 'cuz he's one of the ladz, and he's got something to say. Make sure you also check out his A-Z to London , you will hear the glottal stops as if you were here.