It is the end of an era – the BBC's big annual export sales push, BBC Showcase, is leaving Brighton. Hundreds of international television buyers get to view thousands of hours of BBC programmes and then get out their cheque books. The four-day event generates about £50m a year for the BBC and has been going for 35 years, most of them in Brighton. Big-name BBC stars such as Louis Theroux and Sir David Attenborough are usually wheeled in to wow the buyers. And residents wandering along the seafront have grown used to bumping into giant BBC props or the odd Dalek. But from next year BBC Showcase is moving to Liverpool. Monkey just hopes they aren't planning to invite David Dimblebum to next year's event.
