The always excellent BBC Four has been excelling itself over the last couple of weeks. First there was the Folk Britannia season which looks at the history of British folk music since the 1950s. Then there was Lefties – a series of three programmes about people involved in left wing politics in the 70s and 80s. And this week they’re starting a series of documentaries about climate change.
This is TV as it should be done. This is why I pay my licence fee. Do yourself a favour – watch more BBC Four.
Boris Johnson recently wrote a good piece in the Daily Telegraph commenting on how the left has changed over the years. It’s worth a read. The undergrads I showed this to at Oxford couldn’t decide whether or not Boris is in fact mad!