Josh does, however, want everyone reading '
The Third' to have their say.
BFI - Have your sayThe BFI's current priorities since 2012 include the following:
1. Expanding education and learning opportunities
We want to encourage people to build a lifelong relationship with film throughout their lives.
2. Boosting audience choice
We want to make sure that the widest choice of British and world film, TV and moving image can be enjoyed by everyone.
3. Supporting the future success of British film
We are investing in film development, production, talent and skills, with a strong emphasis on new voices and fresh ideas.
4. Unlocking our film heritage
We want everyone to enjoy and be inspired by the full range of our film heritage from the BFI national archive and all the significant collections around the UK.
The emerging themes for the BFI's next five year plan, from 2017 until 2022, could help you shape your thoughts:
a. Supporting the moving image in all its forms
What does the word film really mean today? What role, if any, should the BFI take in TV, video games, interactive media, virtual reality and online content?
b. Diversity is the heart of creativity
Talent is everywhere, opportunity isn’t. Without diversity, our creative industries will not reach their full potential. How do we ensure that our activities and our programmes are open to all?
c. Championing the arts of film, television and the moving image
What can we do to make the arts of film, tv and the moving image even more central to your cultural and creative life?
d. Delivering across the UK
We want to ensure that the screen industries are central to the cultural and economic success of the UK's nations and regions.
It has always been a source of disappointment to me that British sound, radio and, in particular, the Third, have not got a champion like film, tv and the moving image. The Friends are a disgrace! Perhaps Josh could help?