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The BBC‘s £700M ($870M) out-of-London masterplan has been criticized for having an “incomplete” evaluation process and lacking a “coherent approach.”
The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) issued its latest report this morning on the Across the UK masterplan and picked a number of holes, while delivering a wealth of recommendations. The BBC said it was “disappointed” by the NAO’s “commentary.”
The plan was unveiled with fanfare by Director General Tim Davie three years ago and was one of his first big blueprints. It involves moving £700M more investment outside of London by March 2028, with shows, employees and hubs shifted beyond the capital in a bid to better represent and contribute towards the UK’s nations and regions.
But, three years on, the NAO said it is “concerned the BBC was too confident of what it can deliver in the future.”
“It has begun implementing its programme without a clear plan and could not readily explain the expected impact and benefits for licence fee payers,” added the report.
There is “little evidence of a coherent approach to delivery, or of effective tracking and measurement,” the NAO added, while it said the BBC’s plans for evaluating the success of Across the UK are “incomplete.”
“The BBC’s plans for Across the UK are overly focused on the actions it will take, rather than what impact it intends to achieve,” it went on to say. “The BBC considered moving £700 million of expenditure outside London to be a key measure of success of the programme, but the BBC did not give us a coherent explanation of the impact it expects to deliver for licence fee payers from this commitment.”
The NAO, which regularly examines the BBC’s major plans, therefore said it is concerned the BBC’s confidence in
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