- BBC cash flow - money flowing back from BBC Worldwide to the BBC - reached a record £81 million. BBC cash flow minus exceptional profits rose 35% from £54 million in 1997/98 to £73 million in 1998/99. - Operating profit of £12 million contrasts with a loss of £7 million last year, while profit before tax, which includes exceptional profits, rose by 67%. - BBC Worldwide and its partners reinvested £55 million in television production - including BBC and independent productions. - Profit after exceptional items prior to investment in our global news channel, BBC WORLD, is £36 million. - Sales reached a record £446 million, of which television sales represented £135 million (a further rise of 7% on last year)