[DTV]

Yep, pre-records have become a lazy and counter-productive fallback for both channels in the last few years. The kind of people who actively want to watch Click or The Travel Show are going to do so on its main weekend airing or on iPlayer, they aren't going to be seeking out its dozenth repeat this week. As with you, the decision not to show ABR/Sport Today (which they've gone back-and-forth over) is especially puzzling.

But the thing that gets me most about pre-records these days is that they must surely be not inexpensive to produce - like more so than more news. When BBC World used to use pre-records as cover for its financial problems in the early-2000s, it was understandable as they were largely edits of network BBC programmes that World only had to pay a 'fair use' fee for. But these days BBC News have about half-a-dozen non-studio based programmes on the go - they must add up.