Agree with you Frank. I also find it very annoying. Video production and transmission technology has made gigantic leaps forward and yet broadcasters in general, not just the beeb, sometimes see fit to use equipment that does not produce output of a high quality. Its one thing to have a by stander record an event on a mobile phone and send it in to broadcaster and quite another to have a pro reporter on site use the same technology - its almost as if they want us to believe that the reporters are operating in difficult and primitive conditions in the back of beyond - only to actually being in some major city or location. Even overlanders carry more professional equipment on trips to remote areas and produce superior quality output- as can be seen on U-Tube and the like.