[The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she's a champagne-soaked floozie, her skirts in disarray, her mind in the gutter, and the mixture can be quite wonderful.
Source: 60 Minutes, CBS TV 15 Sep 1985.
-- Morley Safer, (Nov 8 1931-2016), Canadian newscaster, correspondent, journalist,; He is best known for his work on 60 Minutes.