Damien

The BBC isn't going to go subscription, and I don't think it will have adverts. It's too important a national institution for it to go away and leave us only with American venture capitalists controlling our news, radio and being responsible for discovering and promoting British artists.

We might have to look at a tax on the streamers. The BBC has helped them when it comes to production in this country. One of the reasons so much stuff is filmed in Britain, along with tax breaks, is that generations of on-screen and off-screen talent have been brought up via the BBC and Channel 4. Black Mirror is a big hit for Netflix but it was C4 who took the risk on it and the BBC that gave Charlie Brooker his break into television. Lots of British writers, directors and performers in Hollywood were helped to get where they are via theatre and our television, which we've helped pay for.

We need to protect our national interest here. We cannot keep giving it up so American Silicon Valley investors can make more and more money from us only to avoid paying us any taxes anyway. The BBC has to remain British, publically owned and do it's job promoting British arts.