17-02-2023, 03:34 PM
(17-02-2023, 01:54 PM)Keith Wrote: Dare I suggest that given the Old Bailey sentencing was of someone guilty of selling secrets to Russia that politics may have been a factor in showing it, both to UK and World viewers. I can imagine that the UK government and intelligence agencies would have been quite keen for the BBC to broadcast this sentencing around the world.
This is precisely what I was thinking. It is one massive deterrence mouthpiece that will have been seen where it was wanted to be seen because of this broadcast.