While not always agreeing with the handful of the things the BBC commissions and comments on, I am 100% certain we would be a lot less informed and entertained if they did not exist.

I am also sure it’s true value would only really be appreciated it if disappeared. And that is before you think about things like ‘The Archer’s’ – the UK longest running soap :-).

The BBC also provide a lifeline of objective reporting for those countries that do not have a free press.

Here is to the next 100 years!