Abi Morgan
Abi Morgan

I can go to the BBC and say, 'OK, my next drama is for women, and it is diverse women.' I take that to America, however, and I have another set of conversations.

Abu Bakar Bashir
Abu Bakar Bashir

They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.

Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis

Following the principle that you should know your enemy, the BBC has assiduously recorded the relentless rise of Rupert Murdoch and his assault on the old 'decadent' elites of Britain.

Adam Faith
Adam Faith

I'm working harder now than ever before. I couldn't turn down the BBC job because I've never been offered the opportunity of killing three or four people on screen before!

Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon

When I joined the 'Strictly Come Dancing' panel in 2009, the controller of the BBC came into my dressing room and said they were proud to have a woman of colour on their panel. It was so nice that they acknowledged it.

Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle

I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.

Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle

I did six series for the BBC and that was enough. I've been writing for ten years, which is more challenging artistically.

Alice Roberts
Alice Roberts

Then the BBC approached me in 2005 and asked me to be one of the presenters of the series 'Coast', which turned into a very long-running series.

Alice Roberts
Alice Roberts

Of course 'Horizon' had made an impact on me from a young age, but it was also humbling to meet and interview eminent scientists, and hear their high opinion of the series and of the science presented on the BBC more generally.

Chris Hardwick
Chris Hardwick

Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us.