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Wednesday, 17 July, 2002, 12:06 GMT 13:06 UK
BBC report 2002: At a glance
Sir Elton John and Jonathan Ross
New shows made Radio 2 a strong performer
The facts and figures from the BBC's annual report for 2001-2002:

Television

  • BBC One's audience share was 26.5%, making it the most-watched channel for the first time since the creation of ITV.

  • But as increasing numbers of homes switched to digital, the channel's overall share fell by 0.3%.

  • The number of annual hours of drama on BBC One rose from 528 in 2000-2001 to 561 in 2001-2002.

  • The BBC's hours of docu-soaps will fall from 48 hours in 2001 (calendar year) to an estimated 26 hours in 2002 (calendar year).

  • BBC Two increased its audience share by 0.1% in 2001-2002, to a three-year high of 11.1%.

  • Network television production outside London and the South East rose to a new high of 38% of the total.

  • BBC One's share among 16 to 34-year-olds fell by 0.8% in 2001/2002, to 23.1%.

  • BBC One's share among black viewers fell from 20.9% to 18.4% during the year.

Radio

  • BBC Radio increased its share of listening from 52.1 to 52.6% during the year.

  • Radio 2 gained two million new listeners and Radio 4, Radio Five Live and BBC Local Radio all had record audiences during the year.

  • The BBC is in the process of doubling the number of its radio networks from five to ten in a single year - with Five Live Sports Extra and 6music already launched and more new digital networks - 1Xtra, Network Z and the Asian Network - following.

  • BBC Radio increased its listening among 15 to 34-year-olds from 9.2 million in 2000/2001 to 9.7 million in 2001/2002.

The corporation and its budget

  • The BBC spends 87% of its �2,591m budget on analogue services.

  • National television takes �1,372m, with BBC One �962m and BBC Two �410m.

  • Funding for television and radio in the regions and Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales was �416m.

  • Radio took �302m, digital services �278m and transmission and licence fee collection costs �233m

  • Overall "audience approval" of BBC services and the BBC as an organisation rose from 6.5 to 6.8 out of ten last year.

  • BBC programmes and services won 169 major national and international awards in the past year.

  • BBC Worldwide contributed a record �106m to the BBC this year - a �10m (12%) increase on last year, and remains on course to meet its �210m target by 2006-2007.

  • Improvements in licence fee collection provided the BBC with an extra �43m.

  • The proportion of BBC staff from minority ethnic groups rose from 8.4% to 8.9% during the year and remains on course to meet the 10% target by December 2003.
The BBC's Annual Report, released on 17 July 2002


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