Andrew Marr on his Sunday morning television show on the 13th March 2011 gave a wholly convincing performance that demonstrated that his knowledge of jazz is restricted to cheap laughs. The link below is to the Guardian where it was reported.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/jan/31/andrew-marr-clarkson
I wrote to the Mark Thompson Director General and took it through every stage of the complaints process. The whole exercise was a prima facie case for an independent BBC Complaints Ombudsman. There is an even stronger case to have the remuneration of people like Marr scrutinised as there seems to be a gravy train that rolls down the tracks regardless of the fact that the TV License payer has to fork out for their vastly inflated pay. The role of the BBC Complaints Ombudsman has now expanded to the BBC Complaints and Pay Review Ombudsman.
“It was clear from the Programme that Marr does not like jazz and was allowed by the producers to vent his prejudices on a programme that was watched by a great number of people who not only like jazz; who expect from the BBC something better than Marr’s ill informed views and sloppy journalism……………..” To read more
Please click on “The BBC and Andrew Marr on jazz” to access the correspondence