09 August, 2009

The BBC: from worse to better

The BBC seems to be making the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently. There was the villa in the south of France where they entertained, George Alagiah having to step down as patron of Fairtrade because of conflict of interest (more about Fairtrade in a later post), senior managers profiting from contracts their family companies have with the Corporation, Jonathan Ross’ viewing numbers plummeting, the list goes on. Russell Brand does not of course work for the BBC any more but the other day some enlightened licence fee payer pushed him into a fountain.

In the midst of all this we have Test Match Special, a safe haven of decency, humour and peace. Which ever executive came up with the idea of having Phil Tuffnel as a commentator deserves a lucrative family contract.

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