27 SEPTEMBER 1997, page 60

Radio

What a joke Michael Vestey W hen I glance with masochistic plea- sure at Willy Rushton's cartoon of the BBC director-general John Birt I see a mask: the familiar vacuous smile......

Television

Gripping gossip Simon Hoggart Y ears ago That Was The Week, or one of its successors, satirised television's obsession with matching a visual image to every spoken word. A......