Although it ( that thread ) mentions that Countryfile quotes it as a six-part series, and the BBC insiders are quoted as agreeing. It could have been meant to be broadcast at a different time from th… (View Post)

Gary Lineker to lead new Macron-style "En Marche" party by 2026, in collaboration with Alan Shearer and Ian Wright. Grant Shapps to open car showroom in Hanwell. (View Post)

But there's also the primary issue, I would say, that the government also should just not have this kind of power, in the first place. If we say the BBC is not a "state broadcaster" in… (View Post)

Indeed. But only a year and a half ago Johnson was still trying to have Paul Dacre installed at either the BBC or Ofcom ; whichever one could be fixed more easily, so I doubt the government will help… (View Post)

Appointed by Tory placeman Michael Checkland, who was in turn responsible for the exodus of people like Dennis Potter to Channel 4. Checkland had, in turn, originally himself been appointed to counte… (View Post)