Quick question: do you picture people as switching BBC1 on, and watching whatever is on it, or do they look through all the channels they have available to them, and choose what they fancy the most?

so what difference does it make ? and why so many negatives in your post ?

beeb 2 was good enough before for much of the early RL tv coverage except the Grandstand saturday afternoon treat with dear old Eddie W so why shouldn't it be good enough now ?
The aims of terrestrial tv coverage should surely be to a) win back/remind previous RL regulars that the game is still great to be a part of as well as providing enetertainment for the current (but dwindling) RL fans and b) hopefully attract new speccies to our great game ?

BBC1 gets more viewing figure purely because they put the already most watched programmes like Eastenders on it, do you think if they put Eastenders on BBC2 people would stop watching it and start moaning? Geez get a life.

obviously,so it doesn't matter where the RL is shown - i'm glad we agree

and I have a great life thanks very much

We have the greatest game on earth,,,but sometimes we have the biggest moaning fans ever,,the game is on t,v..FFS......

I do have a life, thanks.

I don't know why it's so hard to grasp the fact that BBC1 has an inherently larger audience than BBC2 and that putting RL on a minority interest channel like BBC2 doesn't help the game.

On the first point, I googled programmes moving to BBC1 and found this storyhttps://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23922043-comedy-hit-miranda-moves-to-bbc1.dorl

in which the acting head of BBC Vision says they think they'll be able to build a bigger audience for the programme on BBC1 than BBC2. So, TV people think it does make a difference. But what do they know next to a Warrington mod....

It's rugby though not Eastenders or Miranda or The apprentice IT'S RUGBY!

Here's how it will work

Random person this Saturday turns TV on and will do the tv flick and 1 of 4 things will happen

1.
BBC1 "oh look Cash in the Attic, nah
<flick>
BBC2 "Rugby? is it league or union
<presses info button>
"ah league, nah"
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2.
BBC1 "oh look Cash in the Attic, bonus
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3.
BBC1 "oh look Cash in the Attic, nah"
<flick>
BBC2 "Rugby? is it league or union
<presses info button>
"league bonus"
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4.
BBC1 "oh look Cash in the Attic, nah"
<flick>
BBC2 "rugby, hate sport"
<flick>
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It's not rocket science, it's TV. So I'd go with the opinion of people who work in TV, thanks.

You might want to back that up by looking at the viewing figures of Neighbours and Home and Away. Both sets of viewing figures took a huge drop when they moved to channel 5 from BBC1/ITV

with respect,I don't think you can compare Eastenders & Corrie to Neighbours ! most of the aussie soap fans are based in Earls Court or East Hull !