BBC responds to rugby complaints

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The BBC has apologised to dozens of viewers who complained that too much sport was shown on BBC One on Saturday.

The corporation received 124 complaints from the public after it televised three Six Nations rugby matches between 1400 and 2200 GMT.

The BBC said it realised that many viewers were not sports fans, but stressed the audience figures justified its decision to show the games.

In total 15 million people tuned in to watch the three encounters.

"We are sorry that some viewers felt the BBC One schedule on 23 February contained too much sport," the BBC said in a statement.

It added that it had been a "very exciting" weekend for rugby.

"We realise that not everyone enjoys watching sport.

"But there is undeniably a large section of our audience who do and as a public service broadcaster, we are obligated to cater for them as and when we can."

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I cannot stress to you enough how this angers me. As though every time one turns on the television, there is sport on BBC One. Oh no, wait a minute, the BBC sold all their sports packages except international rugby and football (the latter of which is shared with ITV) so there is almost NEVER sport on terrestial TV anymore besides Match of the Day.

Show me one of the people who wrote in so I can quash their desperate bleatings to the BBC because they missed Songs of Praise