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Tony Hall
Director General
The BBC
Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London W1A 1AA 12/10/2014
cc Dominic Groves/Chief Complaints Adviser
Dear Tony Hall and Dominic Groves,
Thank you for your reply to my letter - yours dated 8/10/2014.
I’m delighted that you can confirm that “no-one is excluded from appearing in (our) programmes if there is editorial justification for their inclusion” and, indeed, I did notice that my appearance in the Genesis show broadcast on BBC2 was not removed, despite the slogan on the sweat shirt suggesting that The Lady might Vanish.
However this does not explain the point in my letter wondering why a brief, silent appearance of Jimmy Savile in the background of a Top of the Pops episode was removed from the show AFTER broadcast. I assume, if your letter is correct, that the footage will be replaced in the archive and will feature in future broadcasts.
I’m pleased that the BBC does not allow viewer or listener complaints to influence editorial content, which is as it should be. I trust tabloid and media editors will take note of this. Since my original letter, they have carried a clearly false story that future Top of the Pops episodes featuring Dave Lee Travis will not be broadcast. I look forward to watching them in due course as the “editorial justification” for excluding them could not possibly exist.
Your assurance makes my question, about who should or should not be excluded, redundant. Criminals convicted of refusing to pay their licence fees or speeding or minor sex offences can heave a sigh of relief. As can dead presenters of archive shows, which might be entertaining or informative. Indeed, historical criminals will continue to feature on the BBC airwaves. And my old hits can return to chart shows and other appropriate broadcasts. I am relieved.
Best wishes,
Jonathan King |
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