Ominous interview with Sam Jackson

[Suffolkcoastal]

The secretive BBC Politburo probably have that under consideration at the moment.

[LHC]

I'm surprised that there hasn't been any comment on Suzy Klein's interview in the Guardian yesterday in which she has responded to recent criticism of the BBC's commitment to the arts by David Dimbleby and Melvyn Bragg.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/25/bbc-arts-chief-suzy-klein-hits-back-at-accusations-by-dimbleby-and-bragg

She claims that her team is incredibly committed to the arts, but to my mind the evidence she cites in support of this commitment is very weak. The prospect of yet more drama-documentaries on Michelangelo and Jane Austen and a series about Elizabeth Taylor looks like terribly safe programming, and the likelihood is that these will be as vacuous and unenlightening as most other drama-documentary series have been.

Her trumpeting of the inclusion of Sam Smith and Florence and the Machine in the Proms and her citing of the BBC's blanket coverage of Glastonbury is also unlikely to inspire confidence in those of us who would prefer that classical music's place in the broadcasting landscape was protected from the steady encroachment of pop music.

[oddoneout]

I'm surprised that there hasn't been any comment on Suzy Klein's interview in the Guardian yesterday in which she has responded to recent criticism of the BBC's commitment to the arts by David Dimbleby and Melvyn Bragg.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/25/bbc-arts-chief-suzy-klein-hits-back-at-accusations-by-dimbleby-and-bragg

She claims that her team is incredibly committed to the arts, but to my mind the evidence she cites in support of this commitment is very weak. The prospect of yet more drama-documentaries on Michelangelo and Jane Austen and a series about Elizabeth Taylor looks like terribly safe programming, and the likelihood is that these will be as vacuous and unenlightening as most other drama-documentary series have been.

Her trumpeting of the inclusion of Sam Smith and Florence and the Machine in the Proms and her citing of the BBC's blanket coverage of Glastonbury is also unlikely to inspire confidence in those of us who would prefer that classical music's place in the broadcasting landscape was protected from the steady encroachment of pop music.

I read it and did consider posting it but was so overwhelmed by the feeling of same old,same old that I couldn't summon up energy to consider which thread let alone find it. She does get so uppity at criticism, which really doesn't help her cause, as it somehow just highlights the thinness of her defence; as you say the examples she cites are hardly noteworthy.

[Barbirollians]

I read it and did consider posting it but was so overwhelmed by the feeling of same old,same old that I couldn't summon up energy to consider which thread let alone find it. She does get so uppity at criticism, which really doesn't help her cause, as it somehow just highlights the thinness of her defence; as you say the examples she cites are hardly noteworthy.

What escapes Suzy Klein is that no child could hear a Mozart trio on the radio any more - just a short movement if lucky.

[LMcD]

What escapes Suzy Klein is that no child could hear a Mozart trio on the radio any more - just a short movement if lucky.

I gather that children don't listen to the radio any more, as they stream everything.

[smittims]

Given the reality , which we can all see week by week, of the BBC's attitide to the Arts, it's Ms. Klein's stance that I find 'incredible' , not the BBC's commitment. I sense that she's been told to say a lot of that or be fired.