The Future of Broadcasting

CONCLUSION

An inquiry into the subject of Broadcasting, which has so many ramifications and covers such a multitude of issues, is like trying to squash a live octopus into a small string shopping bag. We are well aware that our Report omits, or only fleetingly considers, many aspects of its subjects, but we hope at least to have created a perspective in which these can be calmly discussed and assessed before final decisions are made. At the end of our work we are more than ever convinced how important it is to provide the United Kingdom with the best possible communications services, which are the central nervous system of a modern social and political community. We have sometimes spoken idealistically (but not more so than many of those already ...