Just over seven days ago, BBC tv entertainment commissioner Karl Warner was in buoyant mood, describing elements of the upcoming Edinburgh TV Festival to The Guardian.
Warner maintains the BBC's remit is "to be bold and take risks – hoping that the audience forgive us a bit if we get it wrong, and know that overall we'll get it right". There have been reports that he could be soon poached by an indie but he insists he is "genuinely really happy" at the BBC ("I've got my BBC tattoo").
Tattooed or not, it's been announced today that Karl is leaving the BBC at Christmas, as Danny Cohen gets on with belated delivery of DQF savings. For those interested in tv games involving string tied to private parts, and chained couples copulating, the whole of the Guardian interview may prove diverting. One part of the Warner legacy will be "sketch show with real people" Boomtown, on BBC3 in August.
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