Channel surfing is an annoying habit in anyone, but when every time you switch over it heralds a complete artistic and corporate shake-up it is frankly reprehensible. Michael Grade spent approximately 23 minutes as BBC Chairman before cashing in the tardis and the penguins for a bingo card and a Thursday night line dancing class.

He explained his move by saying that he missed the world of real programme making. If ITV actually made real programmes, you would be able to see his logic. As it is, you wonder whether the almost daily controversies involving the network are luring him to the remote once again…

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