Thatcher and the Queen, certainly and interestingly, didn't get on. Post-1980s Toryism, which includes some radical populist-libertarian strains such as those manifested in Brexit, has in fact h… (View Post)

My father was a friend of the 1980s editor of Horizon, a very cultured Jewish Londoner. He left the BBC in the 1990s, and is still alive making films for small audiences he says the BBC would never s… (View Post)

Not just dramas, but documentaries ; the BBC has incredible riches stored, because many of documentaries and dramas made by it between the mid-1960s and mid-1990s stand up with the very best in the w… (View Post)

BBC Radio still retains a lot of the pre-Birt ethos - it's somehow got away with it - and is well-worth the license fee alone, agreed. As far as TV goes, BBC Four is an example of how the rot co… (View Post)

Looks interestingly medieval - the mysterious inquisitor behind the mask. (View Post)