The BBC

I have taken this post from another thread.

“Jeremy Vine, BBC2, is in Burma today. Will apparently be talking later about the buried Spitfire story.”

Is it really necessary for a Radio 2 presenter to travel to Burma for any reason, whether it’s following up the Spitfire story or not? The BBC has a large and far flung news organisation to cover news stories. It falls into the same league as Radio 4 presenters flying abroad to present their programmes from abroad. What does that add to the programme, when the specialists on the ground in those regions could do the job just as well.