31 OCTOBER 1981, Page 20

Mister Bull

Sir: Someone has just shown me the article by Paul Johnson in your issue of 17 October, in which he quotes from a letter from me to the Listener, on the need to support public service broadcasting. He is against any such support, well, fine, I don't want to hassle with him, especially as he seems to be working off certain private resentments and I'm sure that's good for him. But why does he have to refer to me so offensively as a Mr Bull? Dash it, I'm the Mr Bull.

Donald Bull

Joint Chairman, The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 430 Edgware Road, London W2