BBC2 On The Night of 11th July 2000

On the night of Tuesday 11th July, I was planning to watch a new series called Bare Necessities on BBC2, where two groups of ordinary people are stuck on an island and left to their own devices.
Not wanting to miss it, I checked through my TV guide for the times, and was shocked by what I saw. Almost everything on BBC2 that night was a repeat. Let me illustrate, working from left to right below;

13:00 Christopher Crocodile (rpt)	13:05 Monty (rpt)
13:10 World Superbikes	13:50 The Natural World (rpt)
14:40 Westminster Live	15:20 BBC News & Weather
15:30 Geoff Hamiltons Cottage Garden (rpt)	16:00 Gardener's World (rpt)
16:30 Ready, Steady, Cook (rpt)	17:00 Classic Rhodes (rpt)
17:30 University Challenge	18:00 TOTP2 (rpt)
18:45 Due South (rpt)	19:30 Home Ground (rpt)
20:00 Bare Necessities	21:00 Dad's Army (rpt)
21:30 The Natural World (rpt)	22:20 Trade Secrets (rpt)
22:30 Newsnight	23:20 This Life (rpt)

That makes just 6 programmes that aren't repeats, and 4 of those are either showing or commenting on topical events.

Out of a possible 11 hours of programming, less than 4 hours were original. That's a mere 35%.

It's An Outrage!!

Okay, I realise that mid-week, mid-July on BBC2 isn't exactly prime-time TV, and I'm not questioning the quality or entertainment value of the programmes shown, but surely the evening slot qualifies for a little bit of a fresher approach?