We have got to see that what we do is of the highest standard
That we can make it
There should be no motive actuating the minds of those running the broadcasting service
Other than the urge to do the best programmes
The widest possible range of material
To the best possible standard that we can produce

That is what we have always tried to do
And it's work we shall continue to try and do

From the very first, our chief executivе saw broadcasting as a public service
With far wider vistas and obligations than thosе of entertainment alone

No company constituted on trade lines for the profit of those composing it can be regarded as adequate
We think a public corporation the most appropriate organisation

As we conceive it, our responsibility is to carry into the greatest
Possible number of homes
Everything that is best in every department of human knowledge, endeavour and achievement

From the earliest days, it has been our resolve that the great possibilities and influences of the medium should be exploited to the highest human advantage
The service as a whole has been, and is, dedicated to the best interest of mankind

By wise of encouragement of the best in national and international life
By a responsible and careful exercise of its tremendous patronage of the arts
And by its stimulation of the spirit of intellectual enquiry
Broadcasting can exercise a most powerful and beneficent leadership
In setting up a system of public service broadcasting
Britain did in fact light a candle which will not be put out

A candle which will not be put out