simon finch was one of a number of views| finch was one of a number of views that got in touch with usat he had to say. i ending of the program. this is what he had to say-— he had to say. i was both surprised and very disappointed _ he had to say. i was both surprised and very disappointed that - he had to say. i was both surprised and very disappointed that bbc - he had to say. i was both surprised j and very disappointed that bbc has decided to permanently ask the film review. foryears decided to permanently ask the film review. for years it was a successful show. after that was stopped we had the covered much shorter show on the news channel. and some on live radio broadcast with up that ended this year in the film reviews been given the same treatment. in the usual excuse given in these that similar output is available elsewhere on the bbc. but that clearly is no longer the case here. the bbc has literally shut them all down. i know i'm not the only person who found this programme both entertaining and informative. does the bbc really think it's such a terrible waste of licence pa

simon finch was one of a number of views that got in touch with us about the ending of the program.he had to say. i was both surprised and very disappointed to discover that bbc has decided to permanently axe the film review. for years, it was a successful show on bbc one but after that was stopped, we had the current, much shorter show on the news channel and simon mayo�*s 5live radio broadcast. that ended this year in the film reviews been given the same treatment. in the usual excuse given in these that similar output is available elsewhere on the bbc. but that clearly is no longer the case here. the bbc has literally shut them all down. i know i'm not the only person who found this programme both entertaining and informative. does the bbc really think it's such a terrible waste of licence payers' money? how much have they actually saved by taking it off the air? we asked bbc news to respond to those points and were told: whenever there's big political news, as there has been this week, there is a particular focus on whether the bbc reported objectively, fairly and impartially an

simon finch was one of a number of viewers that got in touch with us about the ending of the program. bbc news to respond to those points and were told: due to schedule no longer mock whenever there's big political news, due to schedule as there has been this week, there is a particularfocus on whether the bbc reports it objectively, fairly and impartially and there will always be those who detect a bias in one direction or another. impartiality has also proved a hard concept to apply in areas as diverse as gender and sexuality, racism, climate change and the middle east and it's regularly the subject of complaints from viewers, such as gary edwards this week. meanwhile, allan hailstone wondered: and tracey taylor had this definition: well, a year ago, following a critical report into how the bbc handled its 1995 panorama interview with princess diana, the corporation's director general tim davie set out a plan to improve impartiality and asked a senior bbc executive peterjohnston to head up its delivery, and hejoins me now. thank you for coming on newswatch. what is impartiality when