Call for BBC to slim down
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), July 4, 2008
SIR Antony Jay, the co-writer of TV comedy Yes, Minister, has called for the BBC to be radically slimmed down.
He said it was time for the corporation's digital channels, which include youth-focused BBC3 and highbrow operation BBC4, "to make their excuses and leave".
The annual licence fee, currently pounds 3.2 billion, "will be indefensible in theory and unenforceable in practice" within 10 or 20 years, he said. Sir Antony, a former BBC editor, said the corporation should be stripped down to a mainstream TV channel, a radio speech channel, and a news department to supply TV and radio.
"Anything beyond that should be up for discussion," he said. "Themassive increase in channels over the past 15 years means that many of the viewers' and listeners' requirements are satisfactorily met e
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