On Friday 28 April, the Chairman of the BBC announced that he was resigning from the role after it was revealed that he had failed to declare his involvement in securing a loan of £800,000 for the prime minister at the time of his appointment, Boris Johnson.
Episode 11 of Jumping Off Points examines the events that led to Richard Sharp’s resignation before opening up into a wider conversation about the BBC’s impartiality, its relationships with the British public and the Government, and the challenges it faces as a publicly funded broadcaster.
On Friday 28 April, the Chairman of the BBC announced that he was resigning from the role after it was revealed that he had failed to declare his involvement in securing a loan of £800,000 for the prime minister at the time of his appointment, Boris Johnson.
Episode 11 of Jumping Off Points examines the events that led to Richard Sharp’s resignation before opening up into a wider conversation about the BBC’s impartiality, its relationships with the British public and the Government, and the challenges it faces as a publicly funded broadcaster.