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  • Row over BBC director-general remaining freelance (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Mark Phillips reports on a speech by BBC Director-General Sir Michael Checkland (with excerpts) at a lunch in honour of his retirement at the Royal Television Society, criticising new Director General John...

  • BBC boss criticised for money saving methods (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with BBC foreign correspondent Mark Tully, who criticised the Director-General of the BBC John Birt for his new campaign to save money at the cost of lowering standards. Tully discusses the matter...