Memoirs set to reveal swinging Birt

Former BBC director general John Birt will lift the lid on a colourful past in his forthcoming memoirs, revealing that he stood bail for defendants in the Oz trial and once worked as a bouncer for The Beatles, writes Tim Dams.

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