It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night.

The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish.

I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.

I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism.

I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat.

It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night.

Ever more people are alert to the challenge of global poverty and global warming. We know that solutions are at hand. We will not sleepwalk into catastrophe. We have the capacity to forsee and forestall, and I believe we will find the will to act