It seems that, barring major left-field interventions, Rona Fairhead, former boss of the Financial Times group, is in line to become next chairman of the BBC, in succession to the disastrous Lord Patten. What’s clear about Ms Fairhead, the government’s…

Tony Hall, the BBC director general, says he has investigated the BBC’s conduct in the reporting of the searching of Cliff Richard’s home in connection with an alleged sexual offence. Sir Michael Parkinson and Geoffrey Robertson (the latter not known for affinities…

The Guardian has been running a series of features which claim to give an overview of the BBC’s state of health.  They are emerging as text book examples in biased, vacuous analysis. Latest up by Clare Higgins is an overview of…

The BBC’s role in the searching of Cliff Richard’s home in connection with an alleged sexual crime is ‘a witch-hunt’, according to a veteran BBC broadcaster, and has also been strongly attacked as a ‘conspiracy to injure’ Mr Richard by…

Could the new BBC motto be: “we don’t give a damn”? Their decision to allow the return of Jonathan Ross to front programmes on BBC Radio 2 certainly shows they are prepared to ride massively roughshod over people’s feelings. Make…