The corporation's Annual Plan shows that in the next 12 months viewers will be getting fewer new shows, due to 'ongoing pressure on the BBC's finances and the increasing cost of programming'.
The BBC is to slash about 100 hours' worth of new TV shows in the coming year, with original dramas and entertainment bearing the brunt.
Entertainment and factual entertainment shows, there will be an even bigger drop of 15 per cent fewer hours, down to 850 hours in the financial year from April.The entrance to the BBC headquarters at Broadcasting House.
Talking about the reductions in new shows, the report said: 'We will broadcast about 350 hours of first-run original drama across our channels and BBC iPlayer.
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