THE appointment of Michael Grade is good for the BBC and the licence fee payer.

The Hutton Report was a very regrettable incident but lessons must be learned and the Beeb must move on.

Mr Grade was successful in revamping BBC1 when he was controller and he must now get the corporation back on track and strive to produce a quality programming for viewers.

Nick Fletcher,

Langton Road,

Norton, Malton.

Updated: 11:11 Monday, April 05, 2004