The Sunday Times had some interesting stuff on the future of the BBC. Who would produce Wolf Hall if we didn’t have a BBC, ask defenders of the status quo? Well, I’m rewatching John Adams produced by HBO. It is at least the equal of Wolf Hall, better in my view. If the BBC was to become a voluntary subscription service like HBO why could it not do Wolf Hall? Indeed, I venture to suggest John Adams is more important to American history than Wolf Hall is to ours. Why does it require an outdated compulsory licence fee to produce quality TV? Many countries manage it without one. So could we.