The story in The Sun about Gordon Brown's letter to a grieving mother (BBC News coverage here) got us talking in the office about related matters. A friend of mine who has worked at the BBC for about 200 years got a letter from the Corporation which began "Dear First Name Smith".
Martha just relayed a tale of a colleague who got a bottle of champers for a huge success at the BBC which on closer inspection had on it "Courtesy of British Airways".
Any other tales?
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