A travesty of transport
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WHEN BBC Television puts together a story on road transport without directly involving either the RHA or the ETA, the authenticity of the content must be doubted. This was the case with the BBC2 Brass Tacks programme "Heavier Metal", shown last Wednesday, February 15.
Producer David Geen is so out of date with his information that he might be better employed as a historian replacing A. J. P. Taylor on BBC2.
The programme cited the problems of the residents of the village of Eastry in Kent. Eastry lies on the A256 between Sandwich and Dover and is no longer a heavy haulage route. The Radio Times of February 11-18 on page 75 tells us that John Wardroper's book Juggemautwill be available soon in paperback. We reviewed it in 1981.
This is the most irresponsible form of journalism we have encountered. It was biased, unbalanced and consequently ill informed. Its content was so out of date that it would have been comical were it not so dangerous.
The BBC is a national institution and has been respected for its accuracy in the past. This type of feature can do nothing but damage its reputation.
We invite all operators to write to the Director-General of BBC Television and the editor of Radio Times, expressing their views on David Geen's biased and inaccurate
programme and his reported speech in Radio Times.