Mustard Pickles I pin my hopes on the expectation that
The Family Hour will purge itself and work up to better things. (But would it not have been a good idea to do all the experimenting before production, and not in full public view ?) Meanwhile, to help out the lighter side of broadcasting, Mr. Wilfred Pickles is back with Have A Go! Some critics have complained that Mr. Pickles wanders a little outside his part and comments on the state of Britain today, with a touch of Yorkshire relish on his tongue. I agree that an entertainer with so huge a following might, conceivably, abuse his position for political ends. But the B.B.C., in safeguarding itself against this bad thing, should not (I suggest) institute a principle that would muzzle people like Mr. Pickles, whose essence is spontaneity, impulse and unbiddability.
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