IN SPITE OF my admiration for Mr. Stephen Bonarjee's work
as head of the BBC's topical talks unit, I can understand the irritation at Lime Grove and Muswell Hill over his appoint' ment as the new assistant head of the BBC's television news. What the BBC's television service has always needed, and still desires, is the knowledge that its future is in the hands Of people who have graduated in the medium. As things are, it remains an outpost of empire, to which rulers are dispatched from Portland Place according to the requirements of the establishment there. This is particularly unfortunate for the television news department, which has already suffered under, misconceived experiments in presentation initiated by 01° brooms exported by sound radio. In fact, it suffers to this day' as a comparison between its news bulletins and those of the Independent Television News soon reveals. But perhaps Mr. Bonarjee will be able to break with his past and revitalise his department.
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