SACKED BBC boss Greg Dyke has spoken publicly for the first time about his fears for the future of his former employer, saying the "vultures" were circling the broadcaster with the intent of "doing it serious damage".
Mr Dyke was sacked as director-general of the BBC following the Hutton report into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly.
Last night, in his first speaking engagement since then, he addressed about 500 businessmen and woman at the annual dinner of the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, and described the BBC as one of Britain's greatest treasures.
But Mr Dyke warned: "The commercial vultures are circling. They want the BBC cut down in size, they want its power reduced so that they can be more successful commercially.
"As a result, I believe it is time the people of this country understood what they have got in the BBC and defended it."
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