The threat of a sudden visit by fire inspectors or the temporary shutdown of the broadcasting station is a deterrent to running critical programmes: self-censorship is less painful.
In the United States, NASA's space station program manager told reporters Monday that the timing of the rescheduled mission could force the temporary de-manning of the space station later this year.
"The planned timetable change for April is a temporary measure owing to the works to remodel Reading station to unlock a bottleneck, " a spokesman said.