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Friday, October 23, 2026
Minders
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The flow of minutes from the various BBC Board Committees remains erratic. We now have notes from the Editorial Standards Committee meeting ...
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Cases still being made
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Here's a surmise. The current round of BBC cuts is being done at a departmental rather than divisional level, and there are some very bi...
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Case not made (2)
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So, looking round his digital services, Controller Speech Mohit Bakaya has decided to close Radio 4 Extra. 16 years ago, under Tim Davie, t...
Case not made
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It would be presumptuous of me to engage in a 'value' v 'cost' discussion with a top businessman like Matt Brittin. What...
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
G-day, UK !
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The World Service and BBC Radio Newsroom are going through extaordinary contortions, to save a net total of seven posts, and stop spending o...
Internal comms are onside
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The BBC's new Director of News, Rachel Jupp, will be relieved and delighted to learn she has the whole-hearted support of BBC News' ...
Tracking Trump
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The BBC's legal team has been keeping the Florida Court updated with news of President Trump's unavailability for a deposition on Oc...
Monday, October 19, 2026
White words
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Oddly, the Tories gave the BBC one of their longest charters ever: Willie Whitelaw quietly sorted a 15 year deal in 1981, and saw off calls ...
Sunday, October 18, 2026
Bits and bobs
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Some odds and ends, which should perhaps be viewed as contributing to a febrile atmosphere around the BBC as we await a White Paper... The ...
Saturday, October 17, 2026
I don't believe it
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Current noise leakage from the BBC/DCMS careering Evri van trying to deliver a White Paper on time gives little indication of a quality outc...
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