Does the BBC need to go on a food television diet? — theguardian.com

A glance at this week’s schedules might leave viewers wondering whether BBC targets on diversity should be amended to guarantee greater generic range in programming. The Truth About ... Sugar (Thursday, 9pm, BBC1) and Eat to Live Forever with Giles Coren (Wednesday, 9.30pm, BBC2) are among seven newish BBC food series currently being screened. A tally that excludes the latest runs of Saturday Kitchen Live and MasterChef, the culinary franchises whose success can be held responsible for the schedules becoming morbidly obese with all these others.

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