I can't imagine how long the BBC dry run for today's Culture Select Committee lasted. The MPs are supposed to be quizzing Lord Patten, Mark Thompson and Zarin Patel on the Annual Report. But chairman John Whittingdale will have his work cut out keeping the guns away from new business - zoo births on Frozen Planet, the Eurow, and Delivering Quality First by a retreat from English local radio and a surrender to Sky of half of live F1 coverage.
In News, Helen Boaden has blogged a defence of the BBC's coverage of the past week. Commenters are already piling in, saying she merely asserts the reporting has been impartial, without serious analysis. Thanks to the Michael Lyons legacy, and Lord Patten's past, the BBC Trust will have to offer some sort of "Impartiality Seminar" - a new nightmare for whichever hack has to do the prep.
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