The corporation faces vested interests who want to see it dismantled,but its public service broadcasting is portion of the bedrock of our civic life
This is an edited extract from a speech given by former BBC special correspondent Allan itsy-bitsy for the Hetherington Lecture at Stirling University Is the BBC worth saving? I am not and never have been a BBC executive. I am not much of a corporation man. I am a jobbing journalist. I cannot list for you the supposed abundances the BBC brings into your homes – from Doctor Who and MasterChef, to Live from the Proms; from CBeebies to Newsnight; from the Radio 1 Breakfast Show to Poetry Please.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com