Mark Kermode and Simon Blackwell are among the BBC stars to speak out in opposition to BBC Four becoming an archive channel.
BBC Four would now become the “home” of archived content, the BBC announced, prompting backlash from those who had worked with the channel before.
“Very proud to have made several series of SECRETS OF CINEMA for @BBCFour,” film critic Mark Kermode posted.
The Thick of It writer Simon Blackwell tweeted that it was a “great big shame”, as there would have been “no Thick Of It without BBC Four, so no In The Loop or Veep either”.