Gestionnaire autocratique, aimant imposer ses opinions, sa morale et autres vertus aux auditeurs, il a déclaré à un certain moment qu'il était fier que la programmation de la BBC ne traite d'aucune question publique.
An autocratic manager, fond of imposing his views, moral and other, on the listening public, he stated at one time that he was proud that no issues of public concern were part of BBC programming.