The harsh criticism reflects comments by celebrities and media commentators yesterday, who condemned the BBC’s work as “terrible”, “underwhelming” and “mind-numbingly tedious”. The complaints were summed up during the river pageant, as comedian and broadcaster Stephen Fry tweeted: “Has the BBC ever presented a more mind-numbingly tedious programme in its history? ‘HRH the queen’ said the first ignorant presenter. HRH?” He later clarified: “Don't get me wrong peeps, I'm not saying this in relation to ER II's jubilee - just expected better of the beeb. Didn't mean to upset anyone.”