Balance sheet

The Royal Television Society gave its Judges' Award for 2022 to Charlotte Moore, the BBC Director of Content.  There's a long citation here, packed with very good things, ending thus: "Charlotte’s been an outstanding leader for the BBC’s content. She’s championed it, defended it, pushed it to be the best it can be. And while doing all that, she’s remained approachable and accessible…always keen to find the next show that will resonate with viewers, always determined to make the next turn of the wheel."

Sadly it's also been a period of change and cuts, and the odd stumble. Mock The Week followed The Mash Report out of BBC2; Paul O'Grady left Radio 2 through lack of support; Scott Mills came in, and the jury's very much out ; it would be hard to characterise the re-launch of BBC3 as a linear channel, now running at half the audience of the soon-to-be-cancelled BBC4, as a success; EastEnders' last genuine star, Danny Dyer, has left the world's most expensive soap set; BBC1 saw The Queen off right, but overdid The Duke;  "We are England" was weak; an obsession with game show and quiz formats continues; the BBC News Channel has been slowly dismantled, whilst millions were spent on the BBC1 Car Showroom of News; editions of ITV's extended 6.30pm national news are creeping ahead of The One Show; and Charlotte signed off the cuts to the BBC Orchestras and Singers.