The defining thing about Auntie is that she can makes decisions based on factors other than profitability. The programming can therefore be based on quality, or diversity, whatever she choses. This is what leads to some of the most extraordinary television ever made.

Who else could have done Brideshead Revisited or Monty Python or The Singing Detective or Fawlty Towers or The Office or a plethora of other things. She can make her decisions based on quality rather than popularity. I for one am willing to pay my £2 a week for that, in addition to all of the radio channels etc which she provides.

Again, Long Live Auntie.