On Mon, 31 May 2004 11:08:53 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 31/5/04 9:53 am, in article ,
"martin" wrote:

On Sun, 30 May 2004 23:54:25 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 30/5/04 10:36 pm, in article , "Kay
Easton" wrote:

In article , Stan The Man
writes

Since organic gardeners are still
a small minority of the total, the BBC should stamp on him before he
alienates a lot of viewers.

I'm old enough to remember when the BBC felt it had a purpose to educate
and to raise standards, rather than simply pander to the tastes of the
majority.

That rings a bell. Isn't that part of its motto in some way?

It's "Nation shall speak peace unto nation"

That's right but as mentioned upthread, part of its charter is to educate,
inform and entertain. Thanks.

The charter is up for renewal. Perhaps things will change for the
better with the new chairman and DG. Until that happens we are
sticking with our 1987 Sony TV, which postdates about 50% of the BBC
programs we watch on it.