BBC to shed one-third of its name in cost-cutting frenzy
- Jeremynh
- 17 minutes ago
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Faced with a soaring budget deficit over the next two years, the British Broadcasting Corporation is to change its name to the "British Corporation".
"In today's climate," said a corporate spokes-vacuum, "making TV and radio programmes is beyond our financial scope. However, we will maintain a fully-funded Director-General's Office and Governors' Board, as well as extravagent personnel, catering and accountancy units. We will be showcasing all that is best about UK corporate life.
"Extra managers will be recruited to oversee the complex task of making thousands of broadcasters redundant and scheduling timelines for future mass redundancies.
"Viewers will still be able to watch our exciting transmission test card, featuring a girl and her weird clown toy playing noughts and crosses, and they will be expected to pay the full licence fee for the privilege.
"What they will be spared, of course, is the risk of watching any more programmes featuring Jeremy Beadle on our channels ever again."
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