Perl at the BBC?

[John Costello]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Ovid wrote:
> I received an email which
> politely informed me that I did not have sufficient qualifications for
> a Perl/Web development position with the BBC.
> 
> Not to sound arrogant, but *cough*.

Taking a wild guess here, I suspect your lack of a college degree counted 
against you.  I had similar problems years ago (though, to be fair, trying 
to find a job in Portland during  the early 90s recession wasn't easy).