Testimonial

Broadcast reports that former BBC1 Controller Jay Hunt has been called back to the witness stand tomorrow in the Employment Tribunal hearing the case of axed Countryfile reporter Miriam O'Reilly.  It says the BBC's legal team wants to bring forward notes from a meeting between Hunt, BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons, and other senior members of the BBC, in which she talked about her vision for the channel, and made specific reference to Countryfile. Barrister Jason Galbraith-Marten must think they'll be helpful.

We've mentioned Miriam's legal team here, so here's some stuff on Jason. The Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2010 says that Jason he has a strong case for being identified as the best junior at the Employment Bar. He is "always extremely well prepared, he is a barrister you can trust due to the depth of his knowledge, his speed of turnaround and his top-notch service standards generally." He has been described as a “silk in the making” and “excellent with clients, thorough, hard-working and hands-on.”

Meanwhile, whatever the rights and wrongs of the case, Countryfile steams on, notching up 7.55m viewers this Sunday, against 5.45m for The Cube on ITV.