“Television by default is not real. It is a stage. A small part of our scheduling is real but it is, in reality made up of silly programmes that mean nothing. What happened to mental stimulation? What happened to taking a risk?” That’s part of an email sent by a BBC employee after he was sacked for playing an “‘shag, marry, or over a cliff’-style game” that referred to his colleagues. He titled it: “A Jerry Maguire type of email”.