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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

BBC May Broadcast Educational Programmes if Swine Flu Shuts Schools

The BBC could be forced to clear its schedules to make way for educational programming if a swine flu pandemic shuts schools.

The Times has learnt that the Government is considering invoking a previously unused emergency clause in the BBC’s operating agreement to pipe lessons straight into pupils’ living rooms. The corporation has denounced the plan as akin to a “government takeover”.

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