Repent And Be Saved

former BBC producer Antony Jay remembers those brave anti-establishment days :

"For nine years (1955-1964) I was part of this media liberal consensus. For six of those nine years I was working on Tonight, a nightly BBC current affairs television programme. My stint coincided almost exactly with Macmillan's premiership, and I do not think my ex-colleagues would quibble if I said we were not exactly diehard supporters. But we were not just anti-Macmillan; we were anti-industry, anti-capitalism, anti-advertising, anti-selling, anti-profit, anti-patriotism, anti-monarchy, anti-Empire, anti-police, anti-armed forces, anti-bomb, anti-authority."

Thanks to commenter itsalltoomuch.

UPDATE - production company RDF attempt to put the ticking parcel back on Peter Fincham's lap. Does this imply that BBC staff edited the tape ?

The independent production company at the heart of the row over the royal photoshoot accused the BBC last night of ignoring repeated requests to show it the controversial footage before it was made public. Sources at RDF, which filmed the monarch sitting for Annie Leibovitz as part of A Year with the Queen, say it asked to see the promotional tape “several times” before it was shown to journalists. The apparent failure of the BBC to respond will increase pressure on Peter Fincham, the controller of BBC1 ... The BBC described RDF’s requests to see the footage as “low key” and “noninsistent”.