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Complaint
Over Alan Sugar's Role
The Conservative Party has formally complained to the BBC
Trust over the decision to let Sir Alan Sugar continue in his role on The
Apprentice.
The BBC said yesterday Sir Alan's post as the government's "enterprise tsar"
would not compromise its impartiality.
But shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt claims the new role breaches the
corporation's editorial guidelines.
A BBC Trust spokesman said it had received the letter of complaint adding it
would "respond in due course".
In the letter to Sir Michael Lyons, who is chairman of the BBC's governing
body, Mr Hunt said: "Rather than set my mind at ease, the justifications for
allowing Sir Alan to take up his government role given by the director
general actually makes things worse.
"Having therefore now exhausted the complaints procedure with the BBC, I
would now like to make a number of official complaints to the BBC Trust
about a breach of editorial guidelines."
He added: "I honestly believe that having a prominent member of the
government fronting a programme about the same set of issues his position
relates to, is a direct breach of the much needed political independence of
the BBC."
14:00
June
19 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
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Sky 1 Head Of
Comedy Appointed The BBC's Lucy Lumsden
has been appointed as Sky 1's first head of comedy.
Lumsden, who is the BBC's head of comedy
commissioning and has been at the corporation for 11 years, will
spearhead Sky1's move into the genre.
Her appointment was confirmed by Sky 1's director
of programming, Stuart Murphy
Murphy has said he sees comedy as a key new area
for the channel.
Lumsden worked with Murphy on a number of BBC3's
early comedy successes, including Nighty Night, Pulling and The
Mighty Boosh.
12:00
June
19 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
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