[Spencer]

I’m not saying the Channel Islands shouldn’t have any BBC service, but given they don’t have a lunchtime bulletin or a full evening bulletin, the BBC clearly accepts that it’s not good value for licence fee payers for such a small patch to have the same level of output as the other regional/national opts.

And given they aren’t using their studio for half the time of the other programmes around the British Isles, do they really need a flashy new studio requiring structural changes to their building? It doesn’t strike me as great value in a time of big budget and staff cuts.

There have been several mentions of the Isle of Man in relation and yet they don’t even get their own radio station let alone any TV opts. That doesn’t seem fair when you consider what the Channel Islands get.