if they didn't pay these celebrities so much - they could afford to make better programmes.
even a deeply committed lover of BBC would have to admit - theres a fair amount of old shit on the beeb. theres too much reliance on the oxbridge establishment - too much trust put in their wisdom and good taste.

its lost a lot of ground in the last few years. i think the start of it when they lost the test match - which used to unify England and indeed the Commonwealth.

there are some things our society needs to draw it together - the sport was part of that. i think in a similar war way the playwrights who wrote THe WEdnesday PLay did the same.