HC Deb 12 March 1946 vol 420 c951
66. Mr. Bowles

asked the Assistant Postmaster-General, as representing the Ministry of Information, why the B.B.C. departed from its usually strict policy against prestige advertising over the radio by broadcasting the British Film Festival, organised by the "Daily Mail," on 3rd March, 1946.

The Assistant Postmaster-General (Mr.Burke)

This broadcast involved no departure from the B.B.C.'s established policy.

Mr. Bowles

Did the hon. Gentleman hear at the end of the broadcast that the people who listened in to it were asked to send on a postcard the names of whom they thought the best actor or actress? This was sponsored by the "Daily Mail."

Mr. Burke

It involved no infringement of the Charter or of the licence. The B.B.C. has frequently broadcast entertainments such as the Henry Wood Memorial Fund concert at the Albert Hail, sponsored by the "Daily Telegraph," and the massed bands concert run by the "Daily Herald."