"Ariel" coverage of the release of the BBC's Annual Report may be found here.


"David Sillito (Media Correspondent)
A year of "some incredible highs and some desperate lows" was the verdict of the BBC's Chairman, Lord Patten.

The most notable high was the Olympics watched by 90% of the population. It is the lows, however, that have dominated the headlines.

The crisis surrounding Jimmy Savile, the executive payoffs, and the £98 million loss on the failed DMI technology project cast a gloom over this year's annual report.

Trust in the BBC did take a knock but appears to be recovering though it's not back to where it was a year ago."

Lord Hall:-  
"From redundancy payments to the failed DMI project, the BBC has not always been the steward of public money it should have been.

"This is changing and we now need to take further steps to ensure the BBC is better run and more efficient"."


"The Guardian" has a review here.