The Archive · 1926

Humour Not a Strong Point

The only the B.B.C. does not shine is humour.

Occasionally to cheer us up it ventures on a sort of mild joking. T wish it wouldn't, Funny men are born, not made, and you have to be "'ievilishly fanny" to broadcast humour successfully, But this 's its only defect. We have all some shortcoming or weakness. Anyway its announcers speak. im tones which everyone can hear and with an evenness of delivery which is above all praise.

Now as to the future? Hitherto the newspapers have coldshoulderthe B.B.C. as news distribut They ere still hostile to its di semination of news save in a scrappy sterile form once a day. But in this emergency the B.B.C, has shown that the public deeply appreciates its news services and T fancy it will insist on having them in future. Moreover any government mist in future encourage the B.B.C. as a news distributor, Policy dictates this and gratitude suggests it. would as scon have this system in a great struggle of th's nature as many papers end no more need be said. Hats off to. the British Broadcasting Company. It deserves the. Empire's thanks.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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