Back from the days when the BBC was a huge part of British society and culture. Listeners and viewers knew the names of the Directors and comedians could make gently mocking jokes at their expense, and we understood and laughed along.
Nowadays I don't even know how many channels the BBC has, radio or TV. Britain and the BBC seem to have grown apart and now it's almost just another commercial broadcaster. It's remarkable, even terrifying, how society has changed in 30 years.
IncreasePosts · 35d ago
Can anyone tl;dr who this is and why he is particularly relevant to him?
I just perused his Wikipedia page and just seems like one of many bbc figures. Perhaps with a bit of scandal but nothing too intense.
frereubu · 35d ago
Some of the TV programmes he brought into being are very significant for a UK audience of a certain age (Arena for me). If the ones mentioned in the Wikipedia article don't resonate, there isn't much that will be significant for you.
weebull · 35d ago
I remember him as a high level BBC executive in charge of programming, but I believe he was a presenter for a long time before that, concentrating on documentaries and journalistic pieces, particularly on the arts. He had a reputation of being very good at what he did, and I believe the period he was in charge is seen as a bit of a golden era for the BBC, especially for those not from the classical Oxbridge background.
Nowadays I don't even know how many channels the BBC has, radio or TV. Britain and the BBC seem to have grown apart and now it's almost just another commercial broadcaster. It's remarkable, even terrifying, how society has changed in 30 years.
I just perused his Wikipedia page and just seems like one of many bbc figures. Perhaps with a bit of scandal but nothing too intense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2010s_British_documen...