The BBC doesn't produce all of the TV that it shows, a lot of it (at a very rough estimate, maybe 50-70%) is made by private production companies, which are com

The BBC doesn't produce all of the TV that it shows, a lot of it (at a very rough estimate, maybe 50-70%) is made by private production companies, which are commissioned by the BBC, part-commissioned in collaboration with other companies (for instance, HBO and BBC jointly produced Rome, The Tudors, The Casual Vacancy, Parade's End, etc) or bought in from abroad. So it's not all that surprising that they end up with the standard industry attitude on a lot of these issues. As frustrating as that is.