British Television

Famous quotes containing the words british television, british and/or television:

“Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality.”
—Rupert Murdoch (b. 1931)

“Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over—except when they are different.”
—Nancy Banks-Smith, British columnist. Quoted in Guardian (London, July 21, 1988)

“Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)