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BBC must avoid bias says Trust boss Lord Patten

The BBC should “listen hard” to those who accuse it of drowning viewers in a “small metropolitan pond of stereotypes and prejudices”, the new Chairman of the BBC Trust has said. Lord Patten also cautioned that the Corporation must avoid “descending to a tasteless common denominator”. He made his remarks in a Royal Television Society lecture on 6 July 2011.

Corrie boss denies gay agenda on soap

A Coronation Street producer has denied that the show has a homosexual agenda or is a “gay soapbox”. Producer Phil Collinson, who is a homosexual, appeared on ITV’s This Morning show on Tuesday 12 July 2011 to answer mounting criticism about the show.