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Fifty years in the BBC – taking stock of the future
Sir John Tusa, Managing Director, Barbican Centre and Chairman, University of the Arts London
Date/Time: 4th October 2011
After 50 years at the BBC, Sir John Tusa traces the changes in broadcasting he has experienced and been part of, using extracts from a confidential diary he kept at the time. He looks frankly at the setbacks he has experienced, and suggests some important dos and don’ts to guide the BBC in the way it behaves, manages and presents itself in the years ahead.