"Bearing in mind that there is already mounting public concern and an absence of any assurance regarding compliance, we believe that the decision to show 'Jerry Springer The Opera' should be urgently reconsidered at the highest level within the BBC.  There must be other West End productions that would be more enjoyable and appreciated by a far greater number of licence-fee payers?  Why not, for example, screen a seasonal pantomime, with well-known and liked television and radio personalities, currently showing at provincial theatres across the country?" [mediawatch]

Ignoring the pomposity of this announcement, and that it failed because the programme was shown yesterday, this organisation has to have the ugliest web site I've seen in a long while.

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