Ruminant

A little short of material today - a bit like BBC1, which seems to have stopped early for the World Cup and Wimbledon. Repeats of George Gently as a Friday peak offering ?

So, I ask, where is the advert for Controller of BBC3 ?  They seem to have turned round the hunt for a successor to Lord Patten more quickly than the more difficult task of replacing Roger Wright. Is there something tricky behind the scenes - will the new Director of Music Bob Shennan, who has so far in his serial-addition-of-more-responsibility failed to mention the classical network, be on the selection panel ?  I note, en passant, that former Controller Radio 4, Mark Damazer, exchanges his thinking on classical music with Sarah Walker on the station during the week beginning 16th June.

And, I ask, where are the minutes of the BBC Executive Board ? The last published set was for February, where the closure of BBC3 as a broadcast channel was fleetingly mentioned. Where is the flesh on the Bulford three-year-budget plan ?

And finally, did I miss the Bonfire of the Boards ?