Turning-point for the BBC? - the new DG

[Lateralthinking1]

Your point presumably being that she should stick to being a deejay?

I thought I would sail it and see which way it went. David Jacobs is 25th with 44 appearances.

[gurnemanz]

The late David Jacobs presented "Top of the Pops" and chaired "Any Questions".

[Lateralthinking1]

The late David Jacobs presented "Top of the Pops" and chaired "Any Questions".

Yes. These things change over time. Could I imagine David Jacobs once being on a Jubilee programme? Yes. Alan Freeman? No. Some of the others are borderline. What if it had been Sir Jim in the park doing his bit for charity?

I haven't changed my mind. It is not Fearne's accent but the fact that the You Tube clips show her having a makeover, going to breakfast with Moylesie, milking a cow. Even Dave Lee Travis would have stopped short at engaging in such things. I don't blame her. She was a tiny component in the production and no doubt did her best. It is the programme planners who were clueless.

[MrGongGong]

Methinks the gent doth protest too much....

I wasn't protesting .........
have your boat thing if that's your bag
but don't make out that it's somehow "bringing us all together" or even be surprised that it doesn't make good television

maybe it's time for a Peestyle flounce ?

[Panjandrum]

I thought I would sail it and see which way it went.

I have a feeling it's destined to sink without trace.

[ahinton]

I wasn't protesting .........
have your boat thing if that's your bag
but don't make out that it's somehow "bringing us all together" or even be surprised that it doesn't make good television

Whilst I would not dream of suggesting that it was bringing anything or anyone "together", it could - as I wrote previously - have made better television than it did, irrespective of viewers' levels of interest in flotillas on the Thames, the monarchy, the Jubilee or even the BBC...

maybe it's time for a Peestyle flounce ?

Is that broadly the same as "freestyle" and, if so, would that have involved swimming in the Thames in between all those boats? - and do you really think that it's time for such a flounce or do you just have a sinking feeling that one is in any case less than a nautical mile away?

[Panjandrum]

I wasn't protesting .........
have your boat thing if that's your bag

Nah - it doesn't float my boat....

[amateur51]

The late David Jacobs presented "Top of the Pops" and chaired "Any Questions".

I am pleased to advise that David Jacobs CBE is still very much with us, and turned 86 on his recent birthday on 19 May 2012

[Nick Armstrong]

Meantime, this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18385397

[JohnSkelton]

Christopher Bland: "The idea that it should have any bearing on who should be the next director general is laughable. We are not talking about appointing a football manager. No single programme can ever decide who becomes the next director general." That's a very odd thing to say; surely nobody would appoint a football manager on the basis of one match? (I suppose one match might tilt the balance in someone's favour, but that's rather different). I don't think he's correct.

It depends. If it means they look generally at whether the BBC needs to move back from its bubblegum approach across programming, then fine. If it means the BBC will employ someone committed to heritage TV and deep respect for the great and powerful of the land, I don't think that's desirable in any way (except for the great and powerful of the land, of course).

[french frank]

Christopher Bland: "The idea that it should have any bearing on who should be the next director general is laughable. We are not talking about appointing a football manager. No single programme can ever decide who becomes the next director general." That's a very odd thing to say; surely nobody would appoint a football manager on the basis of one match? (I suppose one match might tilt the balance in someone's favour, but that's rather different). I don't think he's correct.

It depends. If it means they look generally at whether the BBC needs to move back from its bubblegum approach across programming, then fine. If it means the BBC will employ someone committed to heritage TV and deep respect for the great and powerful of the land, I don't think that's desirable in any way (except for the great and powerful of the land, of course).

I quoted that comment on the D-G thread, with the same reaction. It's not the 'single programme' that matters, but what it reveals about the BBC's approach to 'serving the nation'.

[JohnSkelton]

I quoted that comment on the D-G thread, with the same reaction. It's not the 'single programme' that matters, but what it reveals about the BBC's approach to 'serving the nation'.

Sort of, like . It's also what 'serving the nation' is taken to mean.

[amateur51]

Christopher Bland: "The idea that it should have any bearing on who should be the next director general is laughable. We are not talking about appointing a football manager. No single programme can ever decide who becomes the next director general." That's a very odd thing to say; surely nobody would appoint a football manager on the basis of one match? (I suppose one match might tilt the balance in someone's favour, but that's rather different). I don't think he's correct.

It depends. If it means they look generally at whether the BBC needs to move back from its bubblegum approach across programming, then fine. If it means the BBC will employ someone committed to heritage TV and deep respect for the great and powerful of the land, I don't think that's desirable in any way (except for the great and powerful of the land, of course).

I've been looking for a comprehensive phrase for the current BBC approach js, and this fits the bill pretty well - is it original and if so please may I quote it?

[JohnSkelton]

To the best of my knowledge it's all my own work . You're very welcome to use it .

[amateur51]

To the best of my knowledge it's all my own work . You're very welcome to use it .

I like it! I like it a lot