The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific programmes which stand comparison with the best the BBC has ever done: 'Blue Planet,' 'Walking with Beasts,' 'Son of God,' 'Clocking Off,' 'The Way We Live Now,' 'Conspiracy,' 'Lost World.
The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom toda… - Gavyn Davies
The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom toda…
- Gavyn Davies
I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people… - Gavyn Davies
I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people…
Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny au… - Gavyn Davies
Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny au…
As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can … - Gavyn Davies
As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can …
There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility … - Gavyn Davies
There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility …
The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman. - Gavyn Davies
The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman.
Over the last decade, - economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians ap… - Gavyn Davies
Over the last decade, - economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians ap…
Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to sh… - Gavyn Davies
Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to sh…
The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the w… - Gavyn Davies
The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the w…
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