On Monday, 7 January 2013 18:19:56 UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Now look at this and ask yourself whether in today's BBC such a show

would even be contemplated. let alone made..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGwSe0ZptV0

You'd be lucky to get that onto BBC4, even as a replacement for "Only Connect". It reminds me of the reaction when Bernard Levin and Jonathan Miller were let loose together:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJz6p5Rndk