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The Future of the BBC
I think W1A is an acute observational documentary and is far too close to comfort. Are you worried for the future of the BBC? Do you think that we are about to embark on a new period of straight confrontation between the public broadcaster and the elected government? Am I worried? Well, one's always worried about the BBC for a number of reasons. What do I think is going to happen in the future? I don't know but it does highlight some of the central things which have been there since the beginning of the BBC. Coal miners and Sunderland farmers down the northeast or rich bankers in London. Everyone's going to watch what will crystallised as debate about what the BBC