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As BBC stars attack the government’s white paper outlining plans for the corporation’s future, we want to hear your views.As BBC stars attack the government’s white paper outlining plans for the corporation’s future, we want to hear your views.
Last week the Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker called the culture secretary, John Whittingdale, a “chump” for making a joke that abolishing the BBC was a “tempting prospect – and he’s not the only high-profile figure to criticise the way the government is handling the institution.Last week the Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker called the culture secretary, John Whittingdale, a “chump” for making a joke that abolishing the BBC was a “tempting prospect – and he’s not the only high-profile figure to criticise the way the government is handling the institution.
Related: Bafta TV awards: BBC is under threat, says Wolf Hall director
At the Bafta awards ceremony on Sunday, the director of Wolf Hall, Peter Kosminsky, struck a politcal tone, accusing the government of trying to “eviscerate” the BBC and Channel 4.At the Bafta awards ceremony on Sunday, the director of Wolf Hall, Peter Kosminsky, struck a politcal tone, accusing the government of trying to “eviscerate” the BBC and Channel 4.
New proposals for the BBC board threatened its independence, Kosminsky said, adding, in comments cut from the broadcast speech, that they would turn the BBC into a state broadcaster like those in “those bastions of democracy Russia and North Korea”.New proposals for the BBC board threatened its independence, Kosminsky said, adding, in comments cut from the broadcast speech, that they would turn the BBC into a state broadcaster like those in “those bastions of democracy Russia and North Korea”.
Whether you are a BBC viewer or listener and licence fee payer or an industry professional, we would like to hear your views on the future of the BBC. Do you listen to the Today programme for your morning news brief? Perhaps you share a home with fans of CBeebies, or maybe your weekday evenings are incomplete without a trip to Albert Square?Whether you are a BBC viewer or listener and licence fee payer or an industry professional, we would like to hear your views on the future of the BBC. Do you listen to the Today programme for your morning news brief? Perhaps you share a home with fans of CBeebies, or maybe your weekday evenings are incomplete without a trip to Albert Square?
Whatever the BBC means to you, you can share your thoughts via the form below, and we’ll use some of them in our continued coverage.Whatever the BBC means to you, you can share your thoughts via the form below, and we’ll use some of them in our continued coverage.