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Why the BBC’s independence is the best guarantee of its creative freedom

The BBC should have an effective system of regulation that guarantees its editorial independence and creative freedom, including the freedom to fail.

By Tony Hall
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BBC/Guy Levy. © BBC.
BBC/Guy Levy. © BBC.

Credit: BBC/Guy Levy. © BBC.

To understand why independence is so fundamental to the BBC’s creativity, it is first worth looking at how creativity at the BBC works.

Because we are funded by the licence payer, we have the privilege of being able to start with what creativity can do if we let it.

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