"The conflicting interests were incapable of consolidation and neither the Beveridge Committee nor any other could find a solution to the various problems which were raised. The Main criticism of the B.B.C. has been its monopoly ; the autocracy with which it governs broadcasting, and indeed, in some respects, endeavours to govern the private lives of its staff ; the poorness of some of its programmes ; its failure to develop television on a scale comparable with its importance, and its tendency to regard itself as an Empire which rules by some sort of divine right. Even the presentation of its accounts, which has come in for a great deal of criticism, would not be permitted an ordinary company under the Companies Acts in so vague a form."
The Beveridge Report on Broadcasting, 1951