In a BBC interview broadcast in April 2012, he said he lived in an all-white neighbourhood.

" According to historian Piers Brendon, " Orwell was the saint of common decency who would in earlier days, said his BBC boss Rushbrook Williams, ' have been either canonised – or burnt at the stake '".

Mulk Raj Anand has said that, at the BBC, Orwell could, and would, quote lengthy passages from the Book of Common Prayer.

" Author Mark Lynas said " The only reason why this became an issue is that there is a small but vociferous group of climate ' sceptics ' lobbying against taking action, so the BBC is behaving like a coward and refusing to take a more consistent stance.

In 2006, in response to 9 / 11 conspiracy theories surrounding its original news story, the BBC said that confusion had arisen with the common Arabic names, and that its later reports on the hijackers superseded its original story.

The BBC said her documentaries “ were hailed as groundbreaking film-making, pioneering techniques involving cranes, tracking rails, and many cameras working at the same time ”.

Ian Carmichael, who played the part of Wimsey in the BBC Television series adaptation and studied the character and the books thoroughly, said that the character was Sayers ' conception of the ' ideal man ', based in part on her earlier romantic misfortunes.

In an interview on the BBC, George Fernandes, former Indian Defence Minister and prominent Burma critic, said that Coco Island was part of India until it was donated to Burma by former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.

BBC film critic Jane Crowther said that " Cruz is wonderfully ditzy as the innocent abroad " but remarked that " it's Harold Perrineau Jr as Monica who pockets the movie.

Postgate replied that viewers wouldn't recognize what was said, but the BBC replied " But people will know!

The Corporation said that " the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting ".

In a 1974 interview with BBC Radio, Haley said Turner's career was in a slump at this time, so he used his then-considerable influence with Orfeon to get Turner a recording session.

" In a February 2009 interview on BBC Radio 2, he said, " People always ask me about reunions and I can't imagine why ... the past seems like a distant place, and I'm pleased with that.

BBC disc jockey John Peel said of the album: " If there has been anything in the history of popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that people who are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout Mask Replica is probably that work.

In a BBC Radio interview in January 2007, O ' Toole said that he had studied women for a very long time, had given it his best try, but knew " nothing.

The BBC said that " voice was known to millions " because of McClure and Lionel Hutz.

" The NUJ and BECTU will not tolerate their members ’ work being used against colleagues in Canada ", said a joint statement by BBC unions.

Bill Cotton in an interview with author Graham McCann on 6 June 2000 said that the then director of BBC Comedy, Michael Mills, prompted by the plays of Plautus, came up with the idea for the show for Frankie Howerd.

Citing differences with the BBC and his dislike of their indifference towards the series, Bell said, " I have now decided I will not do it again.

Byrne said in an interview in BBC Four Sessions's coverage of his Union Chapel performance that “ Lazy ” was number 1 in Syria.

BBC presenter Richard Dimbleby, who broadcast the president's funeral from Washington, said that the regular programme was scrapped when news of the assassination was received and that the programme was a good expression of the sorrow felt in Britain.

The BBC said this will be the final series of the dark comedy.

Asked by BBC political editor Nick Robinson whether people caught carrying knives illegally could expect a lesser punishment, Clarke said ministers would not insist on " absolute tariffs ".

Her obituary by the BBC said the marriage was " famously harmonious.

The use of letter " i " prefixes and suffixes to denote information technology or interactivity was very much in vogue at this time, notably with the launch of the iMac and the iPod by Apple Computer ; according to the BBC, the " i " in BBCi stood for " interactivity " as well as " innovation ".

) A German translation of the angry letter featured at the conclusion of the BBC TV version ends the sketch.

He won a contract with the BBC after his unwitting RAF Group Captain signed a letter Monkhouse had written telling the BBC he was a war hero and that it should give him an audition.

This prompted a letter to the BBC from a listener in Andorra.

BBC test cards are identified by a letter.

In 2010, Davison was one of 48 celebrities who signed a letter warning voters against Conservative Party policy towards the BBC.

Fanny wrote a letter of apology to Mrs Troake, but the BBC terminated her contract two weeks after the programme was broadcast.

Mary Whitehouse began her activism in 1963 with a letter to the BBC requesting to see Hugh Greene, the BBC's Director General.

" Following " The Deadly Assassin " in 1976, she wrote her strongest letter of complaint yet to the BBC about the content of the serial and received an apology from Director-General Charles Curran.

The BBC uncovered a letter written after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 where Tehran made this offer The proposition was done in a secret letter to Washington via Switzerland.

According to the BBC, the U. S. State Department received the letter from the highest levels of the Iranian government.

I enclose copy of my letter of even date to BBC.

Gordievsky had a letter published in the Daily Telegraph on 3 August 2005, accusing the BBC of being " The Red Service ".

Tony Blair was quoted by the BBC as saying that the statement and letter from Watson was " disloyal, discourteous and wrong " and that he would be seeing Watson later in the day.

* Full text of resignation letter, BBC News Online, 6 September 2006

The rest of the band ( guitarists Gerry Wilcox and Mick Hay, bassist " Bonny " and drummer Bobby Elliott ) decided to break up, but then unexpectedly received a letter from the BBC inviting them to come to London to audition in person for the programme.

When criticising proposed BBC local radio cutbacks in December 2011, South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon claimed in a letter to Lord Patten, the Chairman of the BBC Trust, that only the national station BBC Radio 2 gained higher audiences in Norfolk than BBC Radio Norfolk did.

A letter was written to the BBC Trust and signed by various people – although the number of signatories also included a number signing their name at least more than once ; as both a single name and as part of a collective, with many AN listeners advocating keeping their station at the expense of the more popular 6 Music, although the BBC Trust later rejected plans to close 6 Music and approved the plans to close AN.