| ALISTAIRCOOKE | ____ broadcast his observations on American life, for the BBC, for 58 years |
| FORBES | Actor and director who was married to Nanette Newman for 58 years (6) |
| WILKIE | ___ Collins, author of The Woman In White, which was adapted by the BBC for TV earlier this year (6) |
| STATEOWNED | Told to keep lean, like the BBC for example |
| PIERRETEILHARDDECHARDIN | French philosopher whose observations on the power of love were quoted during the royal wedding of May 2018 |
| GNOMAE | Pointed observations on game being played |
| GALILEO | Italian astronomer known for his observations of the moons of Jupiter, among other things |
| COLOUR | Property or quality intrinsic to light described in a theory by Isaac Newton based on his observations of a prism (6) |
| NIETZSCHE | Inspiration for Strauss broadcast his Zen etc. (9) |
| STEVENSPIELBERG | Extra-terrestrial bleeps serving to broadcast his identity? (6,9) |
| SEISMOLOGIST | His observations may well show earth-shattering results (12) |
| ANTICHRIST | Broadcast his rant about jerk who could be a disbeliever (10) |
| NPR | "This is ___" (broadcast tagline) |
| AFTRA | SAG-___ (broadcast workers' union) |
| AIR | Fresh ___; broadcast (3) |
| BIOTA | Word, from the Greek for "life" or "by way of life", for the animal and plant life, aka flora and fauna, of a given habitat, period or region (5) |
| CAMPSITE | Observation on the radio about Band Aid's space for The Tourists outside perhaps (8) |
| WERN | Which fictional company was the setting for the BBC series The Office? (7,4) |
| LOTUSEATER | Isn't such a self-satisfied sofa loafer, or couch potato, planted for life... for the easy life? (5,5) |
| SPIRITUALISM | Brings The Dead to life for the latecomers who have something to say? (12) |
