Educate, Entertain, Inform, Eurovision
In the run up to the Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Jacob asked me if I could write a piece for ‘About the BBC’, a blog that “explains what the BBC does and how it works.” Beyond the obvious three hours of Saturday telly, what else does the Contest offer the broadcaster? t’s subtle, but I reckon the Eurovision Song Contest hits the three original tenets of the BBC – to educate, to inform, and to entertain. The Eurovision provides one way of looking at population movements across Europe via the often commented on voting process. Is there any other mainstream programme
