(Not strictly relevant; just reminded me.)

A few years ago I heard Justin Webb ask a contributor whether a comedy writer could get away with "Don't talk about the war" these days and I nearly punched a hole in my radio.

I do like how, in the bit of Prescott's memo where he criticises the BBC for editing together different parts of Trump's speech, his own quote of "what Trump actually said" is... edited together from different parts of his speech.

At a wider level 90% of the BBC's "stuff" is not the shit domestic newscasting, and it'll be that stuff - the Proms, coverage of regional music and events, BBC Africa, the World Service, choirs and orchestras - that will go first

A conscious and deliberate decision basically to weaken everything that demanded anything of anyone - whether it was effectively cancelling the old Newsnight, scrapping HardTALK, just at every stage a 'people won't get mad if we retreat from detail and rigour'.

"And we now go live to the BBC."

My controversial view: good Doctor Who story, that.

"If you can save Sarah's life, you will add £2,000 to the prize pot."

FUN FACT: Sir Charles Curran was forced to resign as Director-General after Pyramids of Mars implied Sutekh, god of violence, was bad.

This sounds marvellous. (Though ironically, it probably doesn't.)

"Fezes... are not cool."

Think that's what he's saying anyway, the guy's screaming over him. Rude man.