Tim Davie delivered his final setpiece speech this morning as he urged a room of industry doyens to “develop a little bit of swagger” when championing the national broadcaster.
“Take a swing,” he said. “We are not victims of circumstances. We can shape things.”
With the crucial charter renewal coming up, which will set the BBC on its way for at least the next decade, he said there may be, “bluntly,” a need to “expend political capital” in upcoming negotiations with the government. “This is a choice that will require bravery in my view,” he added.
“How the Treasury works in this and what No 10 [Downing Street, the UK government’s center of power] sees as the vision” is therefore crucial, added Davie.
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That is because the BBC’s “biggest challenge is pure economics, household economics, especially as people
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