Stephen Fry – The Future Role Of Public Service Broadcasting
May 8th, 2008 by Russell DaviesOn the face of it the brief is deeply boring: "This lecture is part of the BBC’s programme of consultation with the creative industries, which forms part of the BBC’s response to the Ofcom review of public service broadcasting." But Stephen Fry, of course, makes it interesting, funny and thoughtful. It only seems to have been broadcast on BBC Parliament, don't know why. There's even a transcript. It's right up our street of course, a neat summary of the history of the Beeb, an admonition that anything that's streamed online will be recorded and redistributed (See!) and a splendid argument for and about the future of the BBC. If Fry cannot be persuaded to become PM or Mayor of London he should at least be made Director General. MP3 here.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Dare I ask how you’re extracting the audio?
May 13th, 2008 at 9:35 am
By not very advanced means I’m afraid. Just recording the audio stream with Audio Hijack.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Ah yes, well that’ll do the trick :)
June 14th, 2008 at 4:14 am
Cheers for this. Frustrated by the lack of an mp3 option on the BBC site, I went hunting and your site came up in a quick search. Hurrah, and thank you! :)
June 24th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Thanks for the mp3 from me too. Will make my walk home a bit more bearable!