Fresh thinking

The BBC Trust last week called for the corporation to increase the distinctiveness of its output, saying in the annual report that "audience expectations that the BBC should deliver fresh ideas are higher than for other broadcasters". Fast forward to Sunday night's BBC2 peak time schedule and ... a double bill of Ewan McGregor's travelogue Long Way Round, a series originally shown on Sky One in October 2004. So, about as fresh as McGregor's leathers after 18,000 miles on his motorbike.