I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat.
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That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter.Jonathan Dimbleby
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The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish.
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I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that population from programmes that this tax is paying for.
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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.
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