Lenny Henry, Lucy Worsley and others sign letter backing outgoing head of music commissioning
• Letter: Jan Younghusband will leave a great legacy for the BBC to build on
Leading figures in the arts have defended the BBC’s classical music programming following accusations that the broadcaster’s attitude towards the genre shows “negativity verging on hostility”.
A letter to the Guardian signed by 18 prominent figures said the accusations took a “wholly inaccurate and unbalanced” view of the record of the BBC’s longstanding head of music commissioning, Jan Younghusband.
