[Spencer]

---

Neil Oliver joining a different organisation years after filming the series and sharing views you personally disagree with doesn't automatically cause Coast to become disgusting taboo content which must never see airtime again.

It’s the irony of it all. Football programming loses airtime effectively because of Lineker’s suspension and they replace it with a programme presented by a personality who’s much more vocal and controversial in some of their political views. 

I agree it probably was a default option rather than some plot. But the irony is there. And it highlights the inconsistencies. As far as the viewer is concerned they’re watching Neil Oliver work for the BBC.

Quite. It’s not that I’m clutching my pearls and feeling in need of a lie down because I’m offended at the broadcast of an episode of Coast. It’s just I think, at a time when the BBC is having to tread extremely carefully in everything it does not to inflame the situation any further, this probably wasn’t a great choice of programme, and was potentially giving critics another stick with which to beat the BBC.

Maybe this will pass under the radar of the press and social media. Maybe it won’t. Im just surprised they’ve taken the risk given how delicate everything is right now.