Sir Jimmy was a true legend (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Sir Jimmy was a true legend
4:23pm Friday 3rd February 2012 in Opinion
I watched the latest special documentary about the late Sir Jimmy Savile.
These films about his life showed us his spirit, enthusiasm and love of life but also showed his love for other people especially those less fortunate than others.
His marathons were well documented and his Jim’ll Fix It programme was second to none.
Sadly, programmes like that do not appear today. He just wanted to make people happy.
It is nearly four months now since he sadly died, but he will never be forgotten, and I’m sure there is already a steady pilgrimage to see his grave at Woodlands Cemetery in Scarborough.
Sir Jimmy Saville – a true legend.
M Hibbert, Burnley.
Kevin, Colne says...
11:46am Sat 4 Feb 12
Frank Muir made the following comment about The Morecambe & Wise Show that is worth repeating here:
'You see, The Morecambe & Wise Show was a product of Bill Cotton's BBC, not John Birt's BBC - and those are two very different institutions. Nowadays, you still get all the brain work, you still get the intelligence, but you don't get the imagination or the wit. All of this heavy industry simply doesn't encourage, or perhaps, even allow for, flair in management. Nowadays the BBC demands 'efficiency' above all else, and flair isn't efficiency - just as talent isn't professionalism:
'professionalism' is easy, you know, it's just turning up on time and knowing your lines, but talent is a bit different. And it's the same with management: proper, fizzy management involves dealing with possibilities - you deal with hope, because what you're dealing with is the immeasurable. Of course, today's management consultants' can't bear that which is immeasurable, because it makes them superfluous'. (McCann, G. 1999, p.312-13).
The BBC has simply lost its way, and that is very, very sad.