Michael Grade on Greg Dyke

Michael Grade was not exactly forthcoming in his praise for Greg Dyke . When asked who was a better director general, Mark Thompson – who Grade hired to replace Dyke after he resigned over the Hutton report – he said: "They are very different people, aren't they? Greg Dyke inherited a big licence fee settlement and spent it like a drowning man and Mark has had to pick up the pieces." Then he said that over the Hutton crisis Thompson "undoubtedly would have handled that better" than Dyke. Over to you, Greg.