By Simon Murphy Figures reveal the corporation spent almost £2.5million on all-access tours but only made £1.2million back The BBC is losing £600,000 of licence-fee payers’ cash every year running ‘vanity tours’ of its studios. The tours are held at several BBC sites across the UK and cost between £9 and £13.50. They offer visitors ‘behind-the-scenes’ access to programmes including Dragons’ Den and Match Of The Day. But in just two years the BBC has lost £1.2 million running the tours, according to details obtained under Freedom of Information laws. The broadcaster has earned £1,231,912 income from the tours but has forked out almost £2.5 million on running costs.
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Corporation spent £2.5m on running costs but only took £1.2m
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Just 18 people attended tour of Cardiff studio in 2011/2012
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