Grade goes to ITV

And there was me having a quiet evening watching BBC4, I flick over to BBC1 for the news and there's the Daily Telegraph story from Jeff Randall announcing Michael Grade is leaving the BBC for ITV. Here's the break on BBC News.

According to Sky, Randall suggests 'the gossip has been going on for weeks' and the BBC are 'shocked' that he's off. Ray Snoddy reckons Grade doesn't get on with Murdoch, which will make the Sky / ITV deal interesting.

More tomorrow when it's sunk in a bit