[Neil Jones]

People who want to watch old sitcoms with the lowest picture quality possible without having to change their TV channel higher than channel 7 or 8.

So, yeah…

I fail to see how repeats of Steptoe and Son or whatever (or copious amounts of TalkTV simulcasts) contributes to "localness" in any way, shape or form. Maybe if it was occasional part of the rest of the schedule it wouldn't be a problem. TalkTV airs like 18hrs a day on whatever the Birmingham operation is calling itself this week.

And this farce is going to run for another ten years? The bandwidth might as well just be poured down the drain.