Examination of Witnesses (Questions 120
- 121)
MONDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2005
BBC
Q120 Mr Bacon: Mr Peat, I have another
question about the spirit of the age. I see that you are on the
project committee for the conservation of the Rosslyn Chapel.
I wanted to give you an opportunity to place on the record before
Parliament an answer to the question: have you found the Holy
Grail?
Mr Peat: I can assure you that
we have resisted any efforts to dig up the floor to see whether
it is there, because it is very good for visitor numbers to leave
it as a question to be considered. If you wish to come, let me
know and I shall make sure you have a full escorted tour.
Q121 Chairman: That concludes this
session. It has been a very useful hearing and it has proved that
the BBC has nothing to fear from the existing arrangement. I am
sure that if all rights of access were granted, we should get
even more light usefully shed on your functions. I hope you have
noticed that we asked nothing about editorial content and have
resisted asking about the £68 million you spent on your production
of Rome. We have been very well behaved, have we not?
Mr Thompson: It has been a pleasure
as always.
Chairman: Thank you very much.
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