The only time that the BBC has ‘emu-lated’ an Australian broadcaster was in the early Seventies, when it suspended its Reithian commitment to ‘inform, enlighten and educate’ for long enough to find a slot for Channel 9 children’s show presenter Rod Hull, a safari-suited buffoon who specialised in assaulting celebrities with an emu hand puppet.
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