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The BBC informs, educates and entertains – but in what order?

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In the early years of the 1930s, the sculptor Eric Gill was commissioned to carve an imageof a sower for the entrance hall of Broadcasting House. “Broadcast” is the old word for scattering seed: you cast it far and wide and good things grow. As a preacher...

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Impassioned speech by BBC TV boss

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BBC director of television Danny Cohen has called on viewers to appreciate what the Corporation delivers before it is too late. In an address to journalists at the BBC press Christmas drinks on Wednesday night, Cohen said that the organisation is at a...

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