By no means, they were annoying but nothing you coudn't get used to

I think the controls were what did it. It was just impossible to move in the direction I wanted to go.
Not sure. The BBC aren't allowed to charge for content under their public service agreement. Whether that agreement stretches overseas or not is another matter.

Well they have published games before and the BBC are not stupid enough to ignore potential revenue. It's likely they will be free in the UK but everywhere else will have to buy it.

As long as its relatively cheap, drm light or free and available worldwide the same day its out in the UK

You know that you can change control schemes between screen relative and character relative don't you? In character relative he controls much like any other 3rd person game though still rather stiffly, it was the 3d transitional era, all games had shit controls.

Well the BBC haven't had any experience in publishing games in nearly 10 years so they are likely to look to a publishing partner. I have a horrible feeling given Sumo Digital's past it will be Sega and that will mean Steamworks.

At least its not ubisoft...