By Jason Stone

The first day of the 40th annual TV Festival in Edinburgh was dominated by the ongoing debate about the future of the BBC.

John Whittingdale, the minister for culture, has had much to say about the national broadcaster in the past and probably regarded his trip to Scotland with greater trepidation than ministers usually do when venturing north of the border… and that’s really saying something these days.

But this Daniel walked into the lions’ den with a well-prepared plan. Correctly anticipating the nature of the attack he and his colleagues would face from Armando Iannucci in his MacTaggart lecture later in Read full story ›

Source: The Drum