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This forms part of the Trust’s regular series of reviews and will be the largest and most significant service review the Trust has undertaken. 91¸£ÀûÉç One and 91¸£ÀûÉç Two are the two most popular services that the 91¸£ÀûÉç operates. It will be the first time that the Trust has looked at these services.

Diane Coyle, 91¸£ÀûÉç Trustee, who is leading the review said:

"The Trust is the 91¸£ÀûÉç’s governing body and we need to ensure these services are meeting audiences’ expectations. This is why we have launched this significant piece of work that will help us understand how well the 91¸£ÀûÉç’s most popular services are operating. These services have a key role in helping the 91¸£ÀûÉç deliver its public service mission. We’ll be looking at how they are performing against their service licences and whether they are offering value for money.

"Our research tells us that audiences want and expect more fresh and new ideas on the 91¸£ÀûÉç television. This review will help us understand how best the 91¸£ÀûÉç can provide distinctive programming that audiences love.

"We now want to encourage viewers to get in touch with us to let us know what they think of these 91¸£ÀûÉç services."

Consultation

As part of the review the Trust is now launching a 12 week public consultation to find out the public’s views on all the services under review and what they would like to see done differently.

The consultation will be promoted on-air on 91¸£ÀûÉç One, 91¸£ÀûÉç Two, and 91¸£ÀûÉç Four, on the bbc.co.uk and Trust websites and in a public leaflet being sent to libraries. The consultation will close on December 18th.

Scope

The review will look at all content on the channels including news and nations and regions output. The only content excluded will be children’s programming which was looked at in the Trust’s review of children’s services published in February.

Notes to Editors

The Trust has a duty under the Charter and agreement to review all 91¸£ÀûÉç services once every five years.

This is the Trust's fifth service review. Previously the Trust has published service reviews of bbc.co.uk, services for children, services for young people, and is currently undertaking a review of 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 2 and 6 Music.

Children’s programming on 91¸£ÀûÉç One and 91¸£ÀûÉç Two, television production quotas including programme and network supply and the costs of on screen talent are all out of scope as we have reviewed these areas separately in recent years. The on-air portrayal of the different communities within the UK is also outside the scope of this review and during the course of 2009/10 we will be working with our four Audience Councils to examine questions of portrayal.

A timetable is contained below: