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Enjoying the Franz set tonight on BBC Three at the moment.

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In straw hat and green wellies, the BBC’s Andrew Marr looked lost in thought as he picnicked at Glastonbury.

It could be that the Beeb’s big-hitter was contemplating stunning performances by Lady Gaga and Lily Allen.

Then again, he might have been deliberating on the complexities of a BBC operation that has seen more than 400 of its employees despatched to cover the festival.

The BBC was criticised for the huge scale of its Glastonbury operation yesterday, with some questioning whether it should be devoting so many publicly funded resources to a four-day music and arts event at a time of economic turbulence.

And some staff were accused of treating the occasion as a ‘junket’ after it came to light that several BBC executives had been given free tickets.

The BBC has admitted that 125 staff and 150 freelancers are at Glastonbury, either as presenters, producers, directors or technical crew in order to broadcast across BBC2, BBC3, BBC4 and an interactive channel, as well as on Radio 1, 6 Music, 5 Live and a dedicated website. Hosts include Jo Whiley, Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq.

Alongside them are about 130 short-term contractors hired by the BBC to offer ‘support’ at the 1,100-acre Somerset site. It says these include people who provide ‘some specialist technical services, rigging at the start and end of the project, and security’.

But critics have pointed out that by offering such blanket coverage, the BBC is needlessly duplicating its output.

Conservative MP Philip Davies, who sits on the House of Commons Culture Select Committee, said: ‘I can’t imagine any other broadcaster sending this many people to cover one festival. This demonstrates once again that the BBC is a bloated organisation. It doesn’t operate according to the rules that other broadcasters have to follow.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196021/What-Mr-Marr-400-BBC-colleagues-Glastonbury-Gaga.html

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Can't believe Blur, The Prodigy and Calvin Harris have all been scheduled at the same time today. Epic programming fail.

In a way I'm glad I'm not at Glasto, don't think I'd know what to do with myself. Who to see? Bet it's causing lots of arguments between friends and couples.

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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I think Blur were knobs for restricting coverage. If they wanted it kept under wraps don't play Glasto before your secret gigs.

The Daily Mail made me chuckle. They spent the time questioning why they had so many BBC presenters and workers there apparently costing £1.5m - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1196149/BBCs-Glasto-army-Why-does-415-people-cost-1-5m-cover-pop-festival.html

And then sent their reporter to photograph Jo Whiley and other stars and comment on their shoes. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1195932/Glastonbury-Jo-Whileys-wellies--250-Jimmy-Choo-wonder-went-expenses.html Like that wasn't a waste of money.

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I think Blur were knobs for restricting coverage. If they wanted it kept under wraps don't play Glasto before your secret gigs.

To be fair both Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen did the same, and Rage Against The Machine refused to let the BBC record ANY of their sets at T and Reading last year. It's not an uncommon request, especially by headliners, we were slightly spoilt last year with live and full coverage of all 3 headliners.

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