lynn ridgway contacted us last week to say... this was echoed on monday, the day of the funeral. of the many viewers who contacted us over the past couple of weeksjoin me now. with me in the studio is richard, interim senior controller news content for bbc news. richard, first, at these particular moments of music and ceremony immediately around the coffin going in, people arriving, the music starting. many people felt that the bbc commentary got it wrong and was too obtrusive. can you understand that? ithink, actually, you know, we made quite a play out of not doing too much commentary. huw edwards actually said it on the programme itself, that we were going to allow a lots of the proceedings to speak for themselves, really. there were such amazing pictures and amazing sound throughout the day. but there is a place i think also for commentaryjust to provide context and information and to bring the feel of the event even closer for audiences. you understand why some people perhaps thought the bbc got it wrong on some of that? i think these are always judgements, aren't they? and

lynn ridgway contacted us last week to say... this was echoed on monday, the day of the funeral.e broadcast as it goes along. i thought in the main the commentary was respectful and got it right. let's hear what our viewers want to talk about. susan, tell us why you contacted us. what was your concern about the coverage? i realise that a death of the monarch has not happened during the era of television before in this country, and so it is probably difficult to know how to play it, but what perturbed me was the length of time that was devoted in the news section of broadcasting to the queen's death and funeral arrangements, to the exclusion, virtually, of every other topic. i found this extremely puzzling. fair enough, the first day, the first two days, yes, it was an overwhelming shock for people. i kept on expecting a section to be announced, "in other news", because they were vital things going on in the world such as the energy crisis, war in ukraine, natural disasters in pakistan, but we heard nothing, even up until monday and tuesday, and then a little bit crept in, and i f