Adverts on the BBC

I thought the BBC was a public service broadcaster. By definition, public service broadcasters do not carry advertising. The BBC is funded by the licence fee. I pay over £100 a year now (for this very good service) but I do not want the quality of this service diluted by adverts for ... the BBC.

By all means tell us what gems are forthcoming. Give us the nuggets of information that we need. But don't pad the spaces between programmes with endless previews that we have all seen each a dozen times before.

Behaviour like that makes people click their remotes or go out and make cups of tea.