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

The challenge is the culture. You have to have a vision for the BBC-it can't merely be that it's big and has a place in the market.

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.

Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters.

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