OVER 2,500 hours on BBC One, UK-wide and during the financial year 2012/13, comprised news and weather – according to the Corporation’s annual report, published last Tuesday.
Among other findings in the report, music and arts coverage took up 333 hours between 2012/13 on BBC Two and 1,254 on BBC FOUR, while comedy commanded 1,149 hours on BBC three.
The breakdown of network hours, by genre, reads as follows (2012/13; figures in brackets are for 2011/12):
BBC One
News and weather 2,611 hours (2,456)
Current affairs 241 (250)
Factual 2,222 (2,399)
Music and arts 84 (98)
Religion 99 (102)
Drama 665 (690)
Film 411 (446)
Entertainment 457 (482)
Comedy 237 (228)
Schools/ formal education n/a (n/a)
Sport 858 (580)
Children’s 319 (471)
BBC Two
News and weather 914 hours (882)
Current affairs 292 (273)
Factual 2,396 (1,888)
Music and arts 333 (328)
Religion 47 (27)
Drama 129 (299)
Film 745 (755)
Entertainment 374 (415)
Comedy 196 (214)
Schools/ formal education 339 (189)
Sport 783 (763)
Children’s 1,360 (1,788)
BBC three
News and weather 34 hours (34)
Current affairs 195 (192)
Factual 1,153 (1,430)
Music and arts 50 (79)
Religion n/a (n/a)
Drama 268 (291)
Film 220 (211)
Entertainment 214 (234)
Comedy 1,149 (1,134)
Schools/ formal education n/a (n/a)
Sport 290 (30)
Children’s n/a (n/a)
BBC FOUR
News and weather six hours (six)
Current affairs 110 (128)
Factual 1,207 (1,162)
Music and arts 1,254 (1,355)
Religion five (53)
Drama 232 (305)
Film 119 (121)
Entertainment 54 (74)
Comedy 43 (52)
Schools/ formal education n/a (n/a)
Sport n/a (two)
Children’s n/a (n/a)
BBC Radio
News and weather 11,317 (11,430)
Current affairs 1,885 (2,120)
Factual 2,543 (2,359)
Music and arts 41,812 (41,727)
Religion 975 (1,211)
Drama 4,971 (4,996)
Film n/a (n/a)
Entertainment 7,796 (8,190)
Comedy n/a (n/a)
Schools/ formal education 108 (104)
Sport 5,550 (4,230)
Children’s n/a (n/a)
CBBC
Children’s 4,366 (4,374)
CBeebies
Children’s 4,492 (4,512)
Source: BBC annual report, published July 16 2013.
