Now, if that’s how she reacted to the arrival of a new television set and having to learn how to use a new remote control, how is she possibly going to cope with digital switchover?...

Probably not ‘War and Peace,’ but probably a lot of sports clips,

We would like to be away at Old Trafford, or at Chelsea if they beat Everton.

If Iraq proved anything, it was that the BBC cannot afford to mix patriotism and journalism. This is happening in the United States and if it continues, will undermine the credibility of the U.S. electronic...

I was number one in the Guardian’s top 100 people in the media two years ago. Last year I was number 87. I thought ‘I’m unemployed, What do the other 13 do?

I expected her to be pleased and excited. Sadly, she was no such thing. When it arrived my mother burst into tears because she didn’t want that much change in her life,

I’m not going to talk about Hutton now, but I will at some stage. And I don’t necessarily accept the findings of Lord Hutton.

It’s changing faster now than ever because of digital.

We could do with beating Sunderland and getting Manchester United away.