The performance was remarkable for the serious attention to the material, its explicit ties to departed bandmates Keith Moon and John Entwistle, and for the spectacle of a rock opera that actually rocks.

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John Humphrys, whose interview with Entwistle on Radio 4's Today programme preceded the DG's resignation later that day, won the Harvey Lee Award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting.

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Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, told Today presenter John Humphrys that the PAC's treatment of the BBC over George Entwistle's payoff "is a bit shabby" as they "they don't look at our legal arguments".

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