ONS chief airs concerns over TV portrayal in drama Industry
Office for National Statistics boss Darren Tierney has written to the head of the BBC to complain about the representation of ONS field interviewers in a recent episode of Industry, a financial thriller about City traders.
Tierney, who joined the ONS as permanent secretary in August, said the episode had “caused worry” among staff.
In the letter, sent to BBC director general Tim Davie earlier this month, he said: “I am writing following a recent episode of one of the BBC’s television programmes ‘Industry’, in which characters gained entry to a household by impersonating interviewers from the Office for National Statistics. While I fully appreciate the creative freedom that drama affords, and that it’s a well-received series rooted in various excesses, this particular storyline has nevertheless caused worry among our interviewers.”
Presumably the problem could have been avoided if those characters had impersonated TV licence officers instead. Simple solution, I'm surprised the BBC didn't spot it.
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It may seem pedantic, but to start a letter with, "I am writing ...." Seems to go against everything I was taught in Miss Bulmer's English classes at school. If Mr Tierney is sending a letter, it's obvious he is writing. There are many other phrases he could have used without the grammatical repetition. A hundred lines, please Mr Tierney.
As far as the programme is concerned, I never watch BBC.
Penseivat
Penseivat - we were taught that too. Not that I'm a stickler for these things, but since those far off days, it has always sounded amateurish to start a letter that way. We never watch the BBC either - we don't seem to be missing much.
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