By John McCarthy

The Arts Council chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette has leapt to the defence of the BBC calling it one of the nation’s greatest contributions to the world while chastising it for a failure to fully diversify its staff to reflect the population.

Speaking to the House of Lords communications committee Bazalgette said, according to the Guardian: “After the English language and Shakespeare it is the greatest asset this country has around the world,” adding “it doesn’t reflect the nation well enough and it shouldn’t take comfort from the fact it’s not alone”.

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Source: The Drum