the BBC get about 4.5 billion a year from me and you. They have to spend it all. So they start thinking up what they can spend it on. new adaptions of so called classics is a big part of bbc wastology.
and then there was none poldark pride and prejudice
plans are afoot to remake bargain hunt with ant and dec.
a new testcard featuring a liquidizer and money getting whizzed.
of course the managers of the bbc say that quality programming is what the bbc is all about. that and the cash they get.