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BBC director general Mark Thompson announced the results of his 'review' of the Beeb's scale and ambitions today, only for BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons to announce that he and his cronies would have a good look at it and institute a 'consultation.'

In other words Thompson's recommendations that the Beeb's Six Music and Asian Networks should be nixed, along with half its website, are likely be overruled.

Clearly there's a problem here.

Is the BBC trying to save money just because we're told the country has to spend less? Is it running scared of the Tory Party and its friends in Rupert Murdoch's News International? Has it really decided that 'saving' £600m on these services to plough more money into costume dramas and Spooks is the best way forward?

Well which is it? There are lots of lovely images, a nice return to a 'real' person and a good feeling all round.

But does it try to tell you about the product or the role it plays in your life?