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class="infobox-caption">Title card from 1985–1987</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also known as</th><td class="infobox-data ib-tv-aka">POV</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category">Factual</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Robinson_(broadcaster)" title="Robert Robinson (broadcaster)">Robert Robinson</a> (1961–1964, 1969–1971)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Robinson_(broadcaster)" title="Kenneth Robinson (broadcaster)">Kenneth Robinson</a> (1965–1969)<br /><a href="/wiki/Barry_Took" title="Barry Took">Barry Took</a> (1979–1986)<br />Guest presenters (1986–1987, 1997–1998)<br /><a href="/wiki/Anne_Robinson" title="Anne Robinson">Anne Robinson</a> (1987–1997)<br /><a href="/wiki/Carol_Vorderman" title="Carol Vorderman">Carol Vorderman</a> (1998)<br /><a href="/wiki/Des_Lynam" title="Des Lynam">Des Lynam</a> (1999)<br /><a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> (1999–2007)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Vine" title="Jeremy Vine">Jeremy Vine</a> (2008–2018)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tina_Daheley" title="Tina Daheley">Tina Daheley</a> (2022–)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Narrated by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee">Tina Daheley (2018–2022)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nicki_Chapman" title="Nicki Chapman">Nicki Chapman</a> (2021, stand-in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of series</th><td class="infobox-data">49</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">BBC TV Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_City_Place" title="White City Place">BBC White City</a> (1961–2012)<br /><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> (2013–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">14–15 mins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios" title="BBC Studios">BBC Studios</a> (2015–present)<br /><a href="/wiki/BBC_Northern_Ireland" title="BBC Northern Ireland">BBC Features Northern Ireland</a> (2013–2014)<br /><a href="/wiki/BBC_Birmingham" title="BBC Birmingham">BBC Productions Birmingham</a> (1999–2013)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">2 October 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1961-10-02</span>)</span> –<br />present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>Junior Points of View</i> (1963–1970)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Points of View</b></i> is a long-running <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a> television series broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>. It started on 2 October 1961 and features the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and observations on BBC television programmes of recent weeks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Points_of_View_(TV_programme)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Points of View</i> began in 1961 with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Robinson_(broadcaster)" title="Robert Robinson (broadcaster)">Robert Robinson</a> presenting viewers' letters to the BBC. It was originally designed as an occasional five-minute "filler" to plug gaps between shows. <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Robinson_(broadcaster)" title="Kenneth Robinson (broadcaster)">Kenneth Robinson</a> (1925–1994) took over in 1965, though Robert Robinson returned in 1969 before the show was dropped in 1971. During the 1960s there was also a spin-off, <i>Junior Points of View</i>. </p><p>The show returned on 31 August 1979<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after a hiatus of eight years, with the dry humour of <a href="/wiki/Barry_Took" title="Barry Took">Barry Took</a> at the helm. Originally only being broadcast in the London area as a five-minute filler whilst other parts of England were broadcasting regional programming, by February 1980<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was broadcast across the whole of the UK and moved to more familiar slot before the Nine O'clock news. Took left in 1986 and was replaced by guest presenters including <a href="/wiki/Tony_Robinson" title="Tony Robinson">Tony Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Titchmarsh" title="Alan Titchmarsh">Alan Titchmarsh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Serle" title="Chris Serle">Chris Serle</a>, until <a href="/wiki/Anne_Robinson" title="Anne Robinson">Anne Robinson</a> took over as presenter in 1987. For many years during this period, the programme held a slot of 20:50 on Wednesday evenings. In 1997 <a href="/wiki/Anne_Robinson" title="Anne Robinson">Anne Robinson</a> left the series to concentrate on <i><a href="/wiki/Watchdog_(TV_programme)" title="Watchdog (TV programme)">Watchdog</a></i>. Following another period with guest presenters, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Vorderman" title="Carol Vorderman">Carol Vorderman</a> became the next regular presenter in April 1998 but was later replaced by <a href="/wiki/Des_Lynam" title="Des Lynam">Des Lynam</a> in February 1999. </p><p>By October 1999, <i>Points of View</i> had moved to a Sunday early evening slot, being presented by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and now included emails in addition to letters and telephone calls. In the 2007 series, <i>Points of View</i> featured diverse films, such as students from <a href="/wiki/Sussex_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Sussex University">Sussex University</a> making a passionate plea for the BBC to keep the <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Neighbours" title="Neighbours">Neighbours</a></i>, John Leivers interviewing <a href="/wiki/Roly_Keating" title="Roly Keating">Roly Keating</a> (the controller of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>) on the channel's direction, and Jill Parkinson asking why there aren't more people with disabilities featured in BBC programmes. </p><p>In April 2008, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Vine" title="Jeremy Vine">Jeremy Vine</a> became the regular presenter of the series.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From April 2013, production switched to <a href="/wiki/BBC_Northern_Ireland" title="BBC Northern Ireland">BBC Northern Ireland</a>. On the last show of the present series on 1 July 2018, Vine announced his retirement from the show. In order to refresh the series, which returned in the autumn, and allow more time for audience feedback the show no longer was presenter-led, instead being narrated by <a href="/wiki/Tina_Daheley" title="Tina Daheley">Tina Daheley</a>; however the show returned to the presenter format, whilst retaining Daheley, in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2021 series was narrated by <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Chapman" title="Nicki Chapman">Nicki Chapman</a>, a stand-in for Daheley who was absent due to pregnancy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_perception">Public perception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Points_of_View_(TV_programme)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Public perception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The show has been seen as representing a certain <a href="/wiki/Passive-aggressive" class="mw-redirect" title="Passive-aggressive">passive-aggressive</a> aspect of <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Culture of the United Kingdom">British culture</a>; <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Wood" title="Victoria Wood">Victoria Wood</a> once said "When the Russians feel strongly about an issue they form a bloody revolution – the British write a strongly worded letter to <i>Points of View</i>". Although, much less common now, the show has over the decades featured many a letter beginning "Why, oh why, oh why..." and signed "Upset of <a href="/wiki/Uxbridge" title="Uxbridge">Uxbridge</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Disgusted_of_Tunbridge_Wells" title="Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells">Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells</a>", or something similar (these days, most, if not all, simply use their real names). Along the way the show has catered for those who wish to see particular parts of programmes again, featuring letters asking "Please, please, please could you show the clip where <a href="/wiki/Vera_Lynn" title="Vera Lynn">Vera Lynn</a> sang to the troops on the 50th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day</a> last week", and the like. </p><p>The series has been criticised for featuring too much praise of the BBC and its programmes, and playing down criticism. This tendency has been sent up by many comedians over the years, including memorable skits in <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus">Monty Python's Flying Circus</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Not_the_Nine_O%27Clock_News" title="Not the Nine O'Clock News">Not the Nine O'Clock News</a></i>. In the latter, positive letters said such things as "I think the (television licence) fee is far too low. I would willingly sell my house and all its contents to help the BBC." </p><p>Further criticism came from comedians <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fry" title="Stephen Fry">Stephen Fry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Laurie" title="Hugh Laurie">Hugh Laurie</a> in their <a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">sketch comedy</a> show <i><a href="/wiki/A_Bit_of_Fry_and_Laurie" class="mw-redirect" title="A Bit of Fry and Laurie">A Bit of Fry and Laurie</a></i>. In a sketch where Fry had supposedly removed Laurie's brain, Laurie said that he was "off to write a letter to <i>Points of View</i>". In a later episode, a woman claims she has had two letters read out on <i>Points of View</i>, and that "they say if you get three, you're automatically sectioned under the Mental Health Act." The programme became (around 1994) the first BBC TV show to invite contributions by <a href="/wiki/Email" title="Email">email</a>, and at one point, its producer Bernard Newnham<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - who produced more than five years worth of shows, four of which were with Anne Robinson - had the only Internet connection in <a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">BBC Television Centre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presenters">Presenters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Points_of_View_(TV_programme)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Robinson_(broadcaster)" title="Robert Robinson (broadcaster)">Robert Robinson</a> (1961–1965; 1969–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Robinson_(broadcaster)" title="Kenneth Robinson (broadcaster)">Kenneth Robinson</a> (1965–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Took" title="Barry Took">Barry Took</a> (1979–1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Robinson" title="Anne Robinson">Anne Robinson</a> (January 1987 – September 1997)</li> <li>Guest presenters (September 1997 – March 1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Vorderman" title="Carol Vorderman">Carol Vorderman</a> (April – August 1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Lynam" title="Des Lynam">Des Lynam</a> (February – May 1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> (October 1999 – September 2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Vine" title="Jeremy Vine">Jeremy Vine</a> (April 2008 – July 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Daheley" title="Tina Daheley">Tina Daheley</a> (September 2018–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicki_Chapman" title="Nicki Chapman">Nicki Chapman</a> (April – October 2021, stand-in)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Points_of_View_(TV_programme)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_ggm701ucqipc3j6wbog1lql2xn8ds4o"></map><img usemap="#timeline_ggm701ucqipc3j6wbog1lql2xn8ds4o" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/ggm701ucqipc3j6wbog1lql2xn8ds4o.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Junior_Points_of_View"><i>Junior Points of View</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Points_of_View_(TV_programme)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Junior Points of View"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 1963 and 1970, Robert Robinson (later replaced by Sarah Ward, and Gaynor Morgan Rees) presented a version designed for children's letters entitled <i>Junior Points of View</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theme">Theme</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Points_of_View_(TV_programme)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Theme"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original theme tune to the programme was the first 13 seconds of <a href="/wiki/Kid_Ory" title="Kid Ory">Kid Ory</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Trad_jazz" title="Trad jazz">trad jazz</a> piece "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula", played by the Dutch Swing College Band. When the series returned in 1979 a new piece called "Northern soul" was used before switching in 1982 to adopting <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>' "<a href="/wiki/When_I%27m_Sixty-Four" title="When I'm Sixty-Four">When I'm Sixty-Four</a>" as its theme tune (because of the lyric "Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view"). This was dropped at the end of 1990. </p><p>In 2000, a bespoke acapella theme tune, entitled "Blah Blah" or "Blah Boopity Baya" was introduced, alongside a new title sequence in 2003, featuring members of the public talking to a screen showing BBC programmes and channels, set against a black background with streaks of light flying past. The composers and performers involved in the creation of this theme tune are unknown. In 2009, the theme gained notoriety when it was featured on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" title="BBC Radio 6 Music">BBC Radio 6 Music</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Joe_(radio_show)" title="Adam and Joe (radio show)">Adam and Joe</a> radio show, with the presenters mocking the theme tune's upbeat sound compared to the overall serious tone of <i>Points of View</i> at the time (then presented by Jeremy Vine; though the show became more light-hearted across Vine's overall run as presenter), adding that "the BBC's been in some quite serious trouble of late, so this is just a suggestion to our colleagues at the castle [<a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">BBC Television Centre</a>]... you might want to change that music". </p><p>In 2011, an alternative mix of the previous theme came into use, with the acapella vocals being swapped for a synthesizer and background strings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Points_of_View_(TV_programme)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Feedback_(radio_series)" title="Feedback (radio series)">Feedback</a></i>, the listener response programme for BBC radio networks</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Newswatch" title="BBC Newswatch">Newswatch</a></i>, a viewer response programme focused on BBC News</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Right_to_Reply" title="Right to Reply">Right to Reply</a></i>, a viewer response programme previously broadcast by <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Open_Air_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Air (TV series)">Open Air</a></i>, another viewer response programme broadcast live on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mailbag" title="Mailbag">Mailbag</a></i>, a viewer response programme broadcast on <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_One" title="RTÉ One">RTÉ One</a> in <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Points_of_View_(TV_programme)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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