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

The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me.

I adore Madonna. She reinvents herself like no one else.

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

I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't.

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.

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