He has accused his former employers of sidelining religion and dancing to a secular agenda. The controllers of British television are children of the 1960s and 70s who think that the notion of God is a nonsense. They hunt after large audience figures and have made the mistake of assuming that religion would not attract such. He is particularly critical of Janet Root the controller of BBC2 who has not commissioned a single religious programme in two years, a failure that deserves explanation. Rea who oversaw the BBC's religious output for twelve years, praises the state of religious broadcasting on radio, describing The Moral Maze as one of the jewel's in Radio 4's crown.
Songs of Praise is the one programme which plays at peak times.
Like the moral maze of the Church of Ireland's advertising, there is more to say on this issue also. Hopefully it will get more than an airing at General Synod.