The corporation’s director of TV resigned without a job to go to. When you contemplate the BBC’s austere and politically fraught future,its not surprisingTony corridor is set to retire as BBC director-general in 2017. That’s three years before David Cameron’s due Downing Street leaving date. But though political correspondents – including the BBC’s Kuenssberg and co – speculate excitedly over George and Boris and Theresa, there’s been no matching frenzy approximately Danny, and James and James. Which is perhaps just as well,because Danny is scratched, James the First is probably nobbled – and the process of BBC succession itself is a mystery-cum-enigma with strong shambolic tendencies.
Danny Cohen, and the corporation’s director of television,has long looked the DG contender to watch: barely into his 40s, upwardly mobile, and boasting a great commissioning record. So why on earth,with eyes turned speculatively towards the US cable scene but no settled job to go to, should he suddenly decide to walk absent? Perhaps a polite matter of push and shove, or reasons unspecified? That’s always a speculation when the next wobble hasn’t been fixed. But let’s stick with the official BBC version that Danny thinks eight years of exalted service enough and wants to try something modern - because that is pretty grey news too.
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Source: theguardian.com