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The News of the World reported today that Radio 1 DJs and staff had spent five thousand pounds of licensee fee money on booze at the annual Christmas Party.

A spokesperson is quoted as saying that they had cut the costs considerably at such these tough times.

In 2006 the party was reported to have cost £25,000.

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£5000 is not much for all the radio 1 staff, especially at London prices.

Quite. I don't begrudge them a few drinks considering the amount of pleasure I get from listening to Radio 1. Happy Christmas to all the staff at Radio 1.

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I really wish people would stop going on about how much alcohol Radio 1 DJs consume every Christmas, they deserve a treat as much as anyone else who's been working hard all year. Considering the number of DJs and staff Radio 1 has, 5 grand really isn't that much. And I seriously doubt it all comes from the license fee anyway.

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I have serious doubts as to the accuracy of this story, especially as the spokesman never confirmed the amount spent. However if it IS true (the media don't always lie) than that's taking the piss quite a bit. I work in one of those offices with loads of different companies in it, and we are the only one out of 25 companies who are having a Christmas party this year, and it costs us £25 each !!!!! I don't mind radio 1 having a Christmas party, quite the opposite, I think it's wrong that lots of companies aren't doing one this year, I just think that £5000 on booze is way too much when the license fee payer is meeting the cost. This hasn't even taken into account food and entertainment.

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I have serious doubts as to the accuracy of this story, especially as the spokesman never confirmed the amount spent. However if it IS true (the media don't always lie) than that's taking the piss quite a bit. I work in one of those offices with loads of different companies in it, and we are the only one out of 25 companies who are having a Christmas party this year, and it costs us £25 each !!!!! I don't mind radio 1 having a Christmas party, quite the opposite, I think it's wrong that lots of companies aren't doing one this year, I just think that £5000 on booze is way too much when the license fee payer is meeting the cost. This hasn't even taken into account food and entertainment.

*Radio 1 breathes a collective sigh of relief.*

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This, however, isn't an acceptable way to have a party :P

A £45,572 licence fee-funded party at a top London venue was "the most cost-effective way possible" to launch a television drama series, the BBC has insisted.

BBC bosses came under fire for spending so much money on entertaining 300-plus people at London's Oxo Tower to promote Merlin at a time of staff cutbacks.

It was the biggest of four such events in 2008 at a total cost of nearly £164,000, Channel 4 News established using freedom of information laws.

However, the BBC chief operating officer, Caroline Thomson, defended the bill.

"We don't party for party's sake; we choose the programmes we are going to launch at parties very carefully. We only did three BBC1 dramas last year," she told Channel 4 News.

"When we do it, we do it because we are very proud of the programmes and we therefore do the launch in the most cost-effective way possible.

"Yes it is a lot of money, and we have to be very careful how we spend that money, but sometimes it does cost a lot of money to do these things properly."

The cost included food, drink, room hire, photography, security, entertainment, invitations, transport and production.

A total of 326 people, including the media, cast, crew, directors, actors, presenters, community representatives and "opinion formers", were invited.

Other programmes launched with parties were The Passion, The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency and Little Dorrit.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/16/bbc-defends-cost-of-merlin-launch-party

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