People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.

- Andrew Davies

One of the things the BBC does better than anyone is period drama.

- David Oyelowo

It would be extraordinary if the BBC were to make me the first black 'Doctor Who;' it would be extraordinary.

- David Harewood

The BBC is a victim of its own independence.

- Graham Norton

The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.

- John Sweeney

I deplore the loss of arts on BBC One and Two.

- Jonathan Dimbleby

Before I joined the BBC I was, like most of the intelligentsia, prejudiced not only against that institution but against broadcasting in general.

- Louis MacNeice

That's what I think is smart about 'Durham County.' It's not derivative of anything American. It's more in the vein of the BBC miniseries I grew up with.

- Michelle Forbes

CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad.

- Roger Ailes