In which Stephen Fry has very sensible things to say about the future of the BBC:

In a sense the nature of the BBC as it is, ‘gives permission’ to all
kinds of people to watch programmes they otherwise might not.
What is the alternative, a ghettoised, balkanised electronic
bookshop of the home, no stations, no network, just a narrowcast
provider spitting out content on channels that fulfil some ghastly and
wholly insulting demographic profile: soccer mum, trailer trash,
teenager, gay, black music lover, Essex girl, sports fan, bored
housewife, programmes made specifically for them with ads targeting them. Is that
what we mean by inclusivity? Is that what we mean by plurality? God
help us, I do hope not.