Big Quote by David Jason

I'm far less bothered by on screen stars earning the big bucks than the legions of middle management behind the scenes at the BBC…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

The BBC don't pay what they pay in America or on ITV.

— Craig Revel Horwood

The BBC say we need more working-class comedies, which is rubbish. We need funny comedies; it doesn't matter where they come from.

— June Whitfield

All TV production companies and channels, not just the BBC, know that drama is what they can sell internationally to bring money in.

— Paul Whitehouse

Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.

— Jim Gaffigan

It's tough and it should be tough - it should never be easy to be given millions of pounds to make a drama. The…

— Russell T Davies

Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main…

— Norman Wisdom

There is still an element of the BBC that feels it is somehow wrong, or it will be open to criticism, if it makes…

— Armando Iannucci

Live comedy's a very reckless, foolhardy profession. You're only as good as your last gig so earnings fluctuate.

— Bill Bailey

Television pays a lot.

— Aditya Narayan

There was a period in the Nineties when the BBC wanted to act as if it was a trendy Soho independent. They broke up…

— Alexander Armstrong

It's a big thing, our relationship with ITV.

— Declan Donnelly