It does not mean 'jack', it means money that comes from license fee payers would be spent, I am not justifying their removal, but it's overly simplistic to reduce it to a mere discussion of storage costs, the BBC has a responsibility to maintain and support their offerings, it's not rocket science to see that doing that will cost money. Nice that someone has archived that data, I truly appreciate that, moving forward though I think it would be more useful to look at where money is spent and discuss that real issue, not get sidelined with quips and digs at a truly unique organisation that has long set standards in media of all varieties.

As far as losing valuable data, well okay, they maybe blanked a few copies of Doctor Who here and there, but it was not considered valuable at the time, and as always cost was a factor then as it is now, it's easy to pass judgement with hindsight.