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To: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
Bring Back John Inverdale
Reinstate the affable John Inverdale as the anchor of the BBC's coverage of Today at Wimbledon
Why is this important?
John Inverdale's anchorage of Today at Wimbledon has over the past ten years become a British institution, as fundamental to the British summer as Wimbledon itself, PIMMS, Strawberries and Cream or test cricket.
A misjudged and ill advised comment two years ago should not be the undoing of a career which has brought pleasure to millions, and the license fee paying public should not be deprived of his easy wit and charm.
Claire Balding may try her best, but is absolutely no substitute - John's absence is starkly clear and felt by contributors and viewers alike.
Lets have less of the trial by social media knee-jerk reactions and read something into the will of the silent masses - much of the target audience have no interest in taking to twitter to show support... this though should not be interpreted as a lack of it but just a sign of the times.
