Plus nobody thought they were of any value. Before VHS, DVDs, selling radio series on cassette or whatever, and iPlayer, once something had been broadcast the only value it had was if the BBC wanted to repeat broadcast it. They couldn't see the future, and didn't have a "library" mindset.
-- Owen Smith <owen.sm...@cantab.net> Cambridge, UK > On 4 Aug 2016, at 14:20, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 4 August 2016 at 14:06, artisticforge . <artisticfo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello >> >> This is off-topic but it is of importance to the people who listen to the >> BBC. >> >> Why were BBC archives deleted or destroyed? > > Incompetence and cock-up mostly I imagine. > > Colin _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer