Guess he's more of a fan of Fox News eh readers???!!!!!!

When I did a student exchange year in Germany I had a Norwegian friend whose grandparents had bought her a super-smart stereo system "so you can listen to the BBC over there to get real news, like we did in the war". And she and her mates all followed Eastenders, loved Blackadder, TOTP etc.

Funny old fish, AEH. Born in my hometown, I was put off him at school (and after learning Enoch Powell was a big fan), but he does have a way with words. We read this at my Dad's funeral... www.poemtree.com/poems/FromFa...

You laugh, but she'll probably end up being the next DG.

Aren't they very happy for the BBC to be (or be seen to be) consistently incompetent and unsuccessful?

Hadn't realised that David Grossman had also been involved at some point behind the scenes. Always struck me as a good egg.

Will be resurrect his campaign to Save The RUC next?

The People’s Choice.

And if ever there were a case for a British Prime Minister to credibly give a "Love Actually"-style speech, it would be now, in defence of our national broadcaster.