The prospect of the UK without a BBC funded by the licence fee is anywhere between improbable and impossible.

I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite children's book.

I could not be more determined and robust about this. I want more children to play cricket and to have the chance to compete. I want them playing on the correct pitches with hard balls and proper headgear.

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

The adventures of the boy who doesn't want to grow up has universal appeal. We all want to keep something of the child in us.

Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty.