Letter: BBC put on a good show

While I can only agree with Daniel Kawczynski MP that the BBC's coverage of the jubilee was pretty terrible, with ill-informed commentators and little direction, I'm disappointed he has chosen to expand his criticisms to an attack on the BBC as a whole.

This is a shame because you only have to watch TV in any other country to realise that, despite its faults, the British broadcasting landscape remains the best in the world.

This is in no small part to the massive contribution of the BBC, which among its undoubted chaff, still produces some of the best quality dramas, comedies, documentaries and current affairs programmes made anywhere.

Only HBO and Showtime come close to rivalling it for quality drama.

When we have a devastated economy, a looming energy crisis and numerous other real crises to contend with, I find it sad that our MP is seeking to waste parliamentary time with a debate on one of the few institutions in the country that still works well.

As the adage goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Steve Parker

Shrewsbury