On BBC's Points of View last week the BBC was criticised by older viewers for failing to report Kenneth McKellar's death when so much time had been given to Malcolm McClaren's death.
The man who prepares the BBC's obituaries agreed it was sad that entertainers who had meant a lot to older viewers were sometimes overlooked because current staff at the BBC had not heard of them.

Naturally each generation has its stars who mean nothing to other generations, but you'd expect the BBC to keep tabs.