Bbc Quotes
122 quotes by 96 authors
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The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United…
— Gavyn Davies
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what…
— Gavyn Davies
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Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences,…
— Gavyn Davies
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That's what I think is smart about 'Durham County.' It's not derivative of anything American. It's more in the vein of the BBC miniseries I…
— Michelle Forbes
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I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started…
— Sharon Horgan
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My YouTube videos have literally millions of views... Yet I'm still airbrushed out of the BBC Stalinist revision of history; the chart shows have been…
— Jonathan King
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As the BBC approaches the final phase of decisions about its future, it will be important for those involved to be established in post and…
— Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
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I am sorry to be leaving the BBC. I have enjoyed a fascinating seven years at the corporation and am particularly proud to have played…
— Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
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The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at…
— Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
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If, Sir, I possessed the power of conveying unlimited sexual attraction through the potency of my voice, I would not be reduced to accepting a…
— Gilbert Harding
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Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.
— Idris Elba
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People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.
— Andrew Davies
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Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC, which…
— Evan Davis
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I've always been scared of advertising folk. I've met them at parties and I've been to their offices and I've always found them intimidatingly cool.…
— Evan Davis
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What comes with a job as a staff member of the BBC is a certain self-censoring that you get utterly used to. You don't say…
— Evan Davis
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I'd like to thank the BBC for allowing me to work here. And I'd like to thank the wife and kids for making it necessary.
— Les Dawson
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The BBC sports department when I was there was seriously to the right of Ghengis Khan, and if people think I am strange, they should…
— David Icke
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When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1…
— David Oyelowo
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