Summer

The mood music around BBC DG Tim Davie remains ominous; "Last strike", "Save Davie", "toxic blame game" were phrases from the weekend newspapers.  

There are loose ends which will make Tim's chances of a quiet summer tricky. How many of the executives who have been 'stepped back' after the Bob Vylan performance at Glastonbury will be 'stepped forward' again ?  Will the 2025 series of Masterchef get a broadcast in 2025 ?  Can BBC News find a credible new consigliere to keep Current Affairs clean ?  And will the industry rally round Tim at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention in September ? 

It's the first time the BBC have 'chaired' the Convention in ten years; it also marks five years of Davie as DG; and it costs £2,000 a delegate. They'll back him....