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Michael Grade holds a special place in the demonology of Doctor Who; widely credited with bringing the programme off the air in the 1980s (though the killer blow in 1989 was delivered by his successor as controller of BBC 1, Jonathan Powell), he has publicly recanted in the last eighteen months and has been a passionate defender of the revived series.
Now, having restructured the governance of the BBC, he is off to ITV. I hadn't seen that coming; if this can happen, then perhaps the next chairman of the BBC governors, and the first of the new BBC Trust, will be Greg Dyke? Anything now seems possible.
EDIT: Given that Grade's departure seems to be a result, at least indirectly. of pressure from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who have resisted the BBC management's preferred licence fee increase of 2.3% above the rate of inflation, it's unlikely that Greg Dyke would be a helpful appointment as chairman politically. I dread the idea of John Birt coming in as chairman, and I think it's unlikely. Someone political, perhaps?
Now, having restructured the governance of the BBC, he is off to ITV. I hadn't seen that coming; if this can happen, then perhaps the next chairman of the BBC governors, and the first of the new BBC Trust, will be Greg Dyke? Anything now seems possible.
EDIT: Given that Grade's departure seems to be a result, at least indirectly. of pressure from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who have resisted the BBC management's preferred licence fee increase of 2.3% above the rate of inflation, it's unlikely that Greg Dyke would be a helpful appointment as chairman politically. I dread the idea of John Birt coming in as chairman, and I think it's unlikely. Someone political, perhaps?
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