Admiration

Rupert must still be on honeymoon.

Here's an extract from today's Sun editorial, presumably penned or at least driven from a safe Bank Holiday distance by editor Tony Gallagher.

Notorious though it is for wasting money, the BBC’s vast investment in this stunningly lavish globe-trotting production is to be admired at all costs. 

Forget the obscene salaries of hundreds of pointless executives and unnecessary billion pound studios, world-class drama is what the state broadcaster should be spending our licence fee on. 

One of the greatest series of all time, The Night Manager set a new standard. It’s a tragedy it’s over, Sunday nights are going to be empty without it. The Night Manager.