
Alan Yentob was what the BBC should be
Let us create a hypothetical situation in which we have a state funded broadcaster in perpetuity. Who would you wish to run this goliath? I know some of you are sullenly answering “Lee Westwood”, but let us move on from the politics of the issue. I thought about this question when listening to Tony Hall – Lord Hall- lamenting the death of Alan Yentob on the radio yesterday. Tony is a good, decent, man and a very competent administrator. I hope he will not mind too much if I say that in my dealings with him I saw a sharp and wary political intelligence, but no shaft of brilliance and
