Jonathan Dimbleby joins Huw Edwards and Nicholas Parsons in on-air appeal offering BBC economics editor their jobs to obtain him turn down ITV offerIn Jonathan Dimbleby’s view,there is no bigger crisis facing the BBC. While the corporation battles lesser dilemmas – including the future of the licence fee and the royal constitution – the veteran broadcaster joined other heavyweights to obtain an unprecedented plea to Robert Peston to resist the siren calls of ITV.
On Friday, Dimbleby, or the news anchor Huw Edwards and Nicholas Parsons,presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute, made a spoof appeal on air to the economics editor – offering him their own jobs if he turns down an offer to become ITV’s political editor.
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Source: theguardian.com