IN your TV listings (LET, June 13) the early programmes for the following day included 11 repeats on BBC1 between 9am and 5pm and 13 repeats on BBC2 between 7am and 5pm.

On top of this, there is very little live sport on the Beeb, though we do get snookered and golfed to death on occasions.

And, on TV generally, there are too many 'soaps,' holiday, gardening and cookery programmes.

Also, look at some of the overpaid, virtually-talentless 'personalities' by whom we have been assailed over the years on different channels. (They do have a tendency to hop about, and new programmes are devised for them) - Wogan, Edmonds, Wax, Evans, Beer, Black, Merton, Hunniford, etc.

Now the trend seems to be to promote some people to headmasters, surgeons and top policemen/women.

The so-called TV licence, which, I believe, originated as a radio receiving and sending licence, should be scrapped altogether, as should some of the radio stations (eg Five Live, which is a repetitive, boring, 24-hour vehicle for the announcers.

Also, I can assure you from personal experience that very, very few people listen to the Overseas Service.

Funding of the Beeb, if it is to continue, should be found from elsewhere; the staff should be drastically reduced and the ridiculous salaries slashed.

R BRACEWELL, Ormerod Street, Worsthorne.

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