What is the channel’s point? Will young people watch? And can the broadcaster even afford it?
BBC Three’s relaunch is full of difficult questions
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When BBC Three is reborn as an on-air channel at 7pm today, its schedule includes Eating With My Ex, a post-dating format in which former lovers meet up over a meal.
It’s an appropriate choice given that the network itself is returning to a former partner after a split that caused serious disagreement and left messy unfinished business.