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Nothing reveals character quite as reliably as the unexpected happening. BBC executives, for example, had no hesitation as to what to do recently when the presenter of Stargazing Live, Professor Brian Cox, right, asked whether he could point a Jodrell Bank radio telescope at a recently discovered planet in the hope that an alien civilisation might make contact.
They refused on the grounds that, since no one knew what might happen, it could be in breach of health and safety guidelines. In the current climate, the last thing the corporation wants is another scandal. The decision says everything one needs to know about the management of the BBC. What better test of where we are than to check among our leaders and trendsetters as to how they would respond to an unexpected contact from extra-terrestrials?....
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