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Tim Davie and the death of BBC ‘talent’

15 October 2024

4:57 PM

15 October 2024

4:57 PM

Has anyone ever come up with a better put-down for Nick Robinson? It is even better that it came from his own boss. Interviewed on the Today programme yesterday morning, BBC director-general Tim Davie said ‘we often refer to people like yourself as ‘talent’, but I’ve kind of banned that.’

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