Monday 14 February 2011

Leave Radio 4 Alone!


There has been justifiable outrage at the suggestion by the BBC Trust that Radio 4 has become too elitist and must change in order to appeal to more ethnic minorities. Such a declaration is not merely condescending towards ethnic minorities, but also offensive to the 10 million listeners who tune in each week.

The report was prepared by David Liddiment, responsible for producing such highbrow drama as Between the Sheets and My Secret Desire.

Radio 4 is a beacon of excellence, renowned the world over. Nobody suggests that Radio 1 should start broadcasting in depth political interviews about the crisis in the Middle East in order to appeal to more erudite listeners, so why should Radio 4 change its output simply because of the prejudices of a politically correct imbecile?

The BBC is regularly criticised for one thing or another, but the quality of its radio output is second to none. It ain’t broke. Don’t fix it!