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With the Start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia and America can now watch the Corporation’s news (36) . And of course in Britain listeners and viewers can (37) in to two BBC television channels, five BBC national radio services and dozens of local radio stations, They are brought sport, comedy, drama, music, news and current affairs, education, religion, parliamentary coverage, children’s programs and films for an (38) license fee of ￡ 83 per household. It is a remarkable record, (39) back over 70 years—yet the BBC’s future is now in (40) . The Corporation will survive as a publicly funded broadcasting organization, at least for the time being, but its role, its size and its programs are now the subject of a (41) debate in Britain. The debate was (42) by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC — (43) ordinary listeners and viewers - to say what was good or bad about the Corporation. (44) . Defenders of the Corporation - of whom there are many - are fond of quoting the American slogan "If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it." The BBC "ain’t broke", they say, by which they mean it is not broken, so why bother to change it (45) The commercial TV channels were required by the Thatcher Government’s Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs. (46)