I'm one of them grumpy cultural snobs who'd never watch such a shite show anyway.

But in an attempt at some kind of objective perspective..
Is it actually fully a BBC production, or contracted out to an independent media producer...???

Not saying beeb is entirely blameless in this case,
it is after all responsible for maintaining standards under it's watch,
but let's try to stay focused on who actually dunnit...

If it is down to the miserly attitude of a dickhead employee of an indie production company,
then that's really who should be hung drawn and quartered...