4 JANUARY 1997, page 44

Radio

Broadcasting Housegate Michael Vestey B efore Christmas, I was amused to read in the Peterborough column in the Daily Telegraph that the office of the BBC Director-General, John......

Television

What a gem Simon Hoggart Af ter the problems costume dramas have had lately — too chintzy, all those perfect ball-gowns freshly ironed every day, the anachronistic dialogue......