Chris Evans loses listeners, Bake Off final, Cliff Richard

Chris Evans: lost 400,000 listeners in the third quarter. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

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Cliff Richard televised raid caused ‘profound and lasting damage’

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BBC Songs of Praise filming at the Calais migrant camp this summer Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

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Behind the scenes of Sky TV’s Monday Night Football show Photograph: Andy Hall for the Observer

Why are people switching off live football? We asked our readers to tell us and found a complex picture of disenchantment with the game, new ways of watching (including illegal streams) and trips down the pub.