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July 3, 2009, 11:51 pm | Warren Ellis

So. BBC TV?s ROBIN HOOD gets cancelled. ITV?s PRIMEVAL and DEMONS get cancelled. ITV also declares that it will not run drama series, aside of course from soaps, before 9pm. BBC?s response? A teenage-themed prequel to the thirty-year-old ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES comedy workhorse, and, for the fourth time, the loathesome and archaic children?s book JUST WILLIAM will be adapted for television. Why not put up a sign outside Broadcasting House saying YES TAKE THE LICENSE FEE AWAY FROM US WE?