Four big issues the new BBC director general will find in their in-tray

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The licence fee, unequal pay, and the impact of Netflix all need urgent attention

Whoever replaces Tony Hall as director general of the BBC will have to hit the ground running as the corporation braces for another fight with the government over licence fee funding, the still-unfolding scandal over unequal pay and the exodus of young viewers in the Netflix-era of streaming TV.

 

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Can't ta BBC just put meter ont back and when we want to watch ta programme, we can put odd bob int back?

3 out of 4? Guess the other one is changing the name to Boris Biased Corporation... check our fact sheet as soon as Dom. Cummings has time to write them and watch this space - for updates, do-overs etc Couldn't be arsed to read it while BBC in a strangle hold

Likely that the new DG may very well be the last DG as I can't see the BBC surviving as it is. Time for the license fee to go. It's lost the trust of the UK public.

Five. Failure of staff to report factual content.

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