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of the death of our monarch after 70 years�* reign. i think it has reflected the emotional reaction that there's been amongst many people. but it's also, i think, been able to capture how britain has been on display in such a way where we've showed the best of all of us, really, and what we've been able to do is demonstrate that this is a modern country which is still a great country and is proud and is not shy in putting front and centre all that we stand for. so, ithink... you know, i understand and would be able to appreciate that, for some people, sometimes there's probably bee...

It was also, and the queue, it was a bit stereotypical, so it transported a certain image of britain, of these amazing people who don't mind queuing 24 hours in the rain and also are unquestionably in awe of her majesty. i of course share that, but i also share what marcus said, that at times, i wish it wasn't such a single issue, and more diverse ideas and perspectives. being respectful all at the time would have been shown. tina, if i could bring you back in here. a little bit earlier, emily bell talked about a dearth ofjournalism. in a sense, once the queen had sadly died, did you think thi...

Into an environment which felt, i think, if you are covering a different country — north korea or russia — with that kind of coverage of a head of state's demise, you would cover it very differently as the bbc. so, it was quite a shock, even for somebody british used to this kind of thing coming in here. i do think two things can be true at the same time. i think the bbc could've done a magnificently superb technicaljob. i think huw edwards, say if the queen was alive she should give him a medal. but you can also say that journalism basically went on holiday for a fortnight and my feeling ...

The queue was largely a media event. the length of the queue, the concentration of the queue, i'm fairly sure would've been different if it had not been covered in the way it was by the media outlets. i guess we'll never know. you're sort of being told how to feel and what to think, and i think there's a really interesting question here. the queue became a thing in itself. people went to it and then everyone else was fascinated about the people who went to it. and what it did tell us about our country and all of that. did the bbc stray in that moment from being a public service to being more o...

And they could easily - have fallen over. and i gather there were easy decisions to make, - like not having the start| of strictly come dancing and more difficult decisions, as do you show paddington i the movie? but the bbc flexed on quite i a lot of its platforms in terms of the content it showed, - and when we think how many platforms — notjust the range of radio stations and local- radio stations — the fact - that there hasn't been a single item that has been held up i as a catastrophic bbc mistake is a huge testament to the organisation. j we are in the realms- of holly willoughby bei...