Licence to dismantle

BBC W1A comedy script: "The fact is, this is about establishing what we do most of best and finding fewer ways of doing more of it less"

BBC DG opening speech: "We are going to look in all areas and identify how we can have more impact by making less. I want us to consider what we would do if we could only make 80% of our current hours. What would we stop? To be very clear, this is not about cuts to save money, it is about re-allocating funds to where they generate most value - to ensure that we make our output world-beating and utterly distinctive."

Other bits of interest - TimeForm for managers seeking promotion: ""From now on, if you are a leader looking to secure a new role we will look at your overall team engagement scores; how you improved the diversity of your team; and how you created an environment where we treat everyone fairly and equally, no exceptions. We must move away from any sense of a “BBC type”, and not hire in our own image."

If you want BBC3 back, you have to close BBC4: "We will not propose to take any further DAB or traditional TV channel capacity for our services. If we want to launch a new offer, and we will consider our options, it would need to use the current space. And, as we move further towards an online world we will not hesitate to close channels if they do not offer value to our audiences."

"If you want to be an opinionated columnist or a partisan campaigner on social media then that is a valid choice, but you should not be working at the BBC."

"I have already agreed to remove a number of senior meetings and we will halve the paperwork we take at the Executive Committee. I want every area of the BBC not to moan about bureaucracy but dismantle it."