I think this is less about cost
and more about non-competition
(yokelrobinTHE NERD WHOSE HAIR DEFIES GRAVITY/FASHION, Tue 17 May 2016, 9:49,
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It's an easy option for the BBC
It whips up public fury to help oppose BBC cuts. If they do a U-turn they come out as the good guys who listened to the public, and if they don't they can sell more cookery books.
(Cactus 1doesn't care what you think on, Tue 17 May 2016, 10:39,
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