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[…] television that was being produced was important, particularly by the BBC, and we should take some television but on a […]
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[…]But he had a similar ambivalence with television: he could see that some of the television that was being produced was important, particularly by the BBC, and we should take some television but on a highly selective basis. He was very, very, firm about that and he wasn’t terribly keen on taking the […]
[…]of status and provided some very intelligent and worthwhile contributors. I think, I think breaking up the old TV branch was good because it gave the BBC a sensible voice. Its weakness, there was two fold in respect of television. One, ITV became quite a the worst aspects of ITV that in the past hav[…]