I don’t think we need “more presenters with edge and attitude” (BBC2 chief reaches out to Britain’s punk generation, 28 April). What I’d like to see is no presenters at all on TV. Why have we developed this cliche of the celebrity presenter, when most documentaries would be more informative and objective without being an egocentric vehicle for someone (usually a man) talking in my face or walking about in the shot telling me stuff, and, more irritatingly, telling me what they think or feel? It would also save the BBC lots of money if they scrapped this predictable format. Sure, have a voiceover if necessary, or even subtitles, but the only people I’m interested in seeing are the subjects of the documentary, as in the great 24 Hours in A&E on Channel 4.
Jude Anderson
Cardiff
