Another bargain

Hot news in the BBC's quest for re-invention: BBC Studios has hung onto the contract to produce the ever-popular Bargain Hunt, a programme about trying to get rich through trading antiques, for the next two years. That's 192 programmes, comprising 3 series per year x 32 episode per series x 2 years. The guide price in the tender was £25,760 to £27,760 per episode. At the lowest price, that makes the deal worth just over £4.9m.