Some thoughts on heroes and villains, both extremes embodied by our favourite broadcaster, Sir Trevor McDonald, writes Hugh Muir. A hero to many of the smaller West Indian islands, whose virtues he extolled in his recent ITV documentary, The Secret Caribbean. A villain to Jamaica, which says it was portrayed as a crime-despoiled, drug-addled basket case. And Jamaica has problems, it is true, but there is widespread fury that Britain's most prominent black broadcaster should further damage its image. Websites fizz with anti-Trevor propaganda. The ambassador is furious. Phone-in lines ring hot. None of which will bother Sir Trevor too much – for he has been a war-zone man and he doesn't scare easily – but should his next flight to the Caribbean be diverted to Montego Bay or perhaps to Kingston, he might consider how best to negotiate a potentially hostile situation. Charm he has by the bucketload, but a false nose might help perhaps. Dark glasses? Maybe a Rasta wig?
