With all the leaden predictability of an EastEnders plotline, the brouhaha over Russell Brand, Jonathan Ross, and those blindingly unfunny phone calls to septuagenarian Andrew Sachs has mutated into a good old row about nonagenarian Auntie and her uncertain future. The BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, came out fighting on Sunday with an impassioned plea: “I do not believe the British public wants us to lose our creative nerve.” He admitted the wrongs that had been done but was forthright about the BBC’s need to nurture talent and to provide content including risqué content for all licence-fee payers.
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