BBC Director General Mark Thompson delivers James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture

This evening the BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, delivered the annual James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. You can read Mark's speech in full on the Press Office website.

Tomorrow morning Mark will be answering questions in a post-MacTaggart Q&A.

You can follow the @bbcpress and @AboutTheBBCTwitter feeds for updates from the event.

Laura Murray is Editor of About the BBC Blog