British Broadcasting Corporation Quotes

… an enemy within the gates, doing more harm than good.

The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.

B.B.C. Board. We discuss whether the clergy should use the microphone to preach forgiveness to our enemies. I say I prefer that to the clergy who seek to pretend that the bombing of Cologne was a Christian act. I wish the clergy would keep their mouths shut about the war. It is not of their business.

Nor do I believe that we should be impartial about certain things like racialism, or extreme forms of political belief.

I came from an era when I was so proud to be working for the British Broadcasting Corporation.

The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.

If you are to be employed by the BBC, you must promise not to get drunk…. You look as if you will be washed out of poetry by whisky.

Channel 4 always do really great stuff; they do great comedies.

We've always liked the word 'chump', and it's quite nearly our initials - Clarkson, Hammond, and May Productions.

Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us.

I can't live without Radio 4. It's worth the entire licence fee. I'm an obsessive listener; I get up, and Radio 4 goes on, but it goes off when 'Thought for the Day' starts, as that's a step too far.

One of the things the BBC does better than anyone is period drama.

The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.

I love the BBC and I think it's a really important thing.

The BBC is a huge part of the nation's cultural life.

[The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she's a champagne-soaked floozie, her skirts in disarray, her mind in the gutter, and the mixture can be quite wonderful.

It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic.

My fantasy is, if I wasn't on 'Dexter,' I would move my family to London and work for the BBC on 'Doctor Who.'

Nation shall speak unto nation.

The BBC is very prestigious from an American's perspective, so I'm a big fan of it.