Given the events of recent days as it found itself under siege from the government and its rightwing critics in the press, the BBC could probably do with a hug. But could Marion Bartoli?
We only ask after the former Wimbledon champ was embraced by BBC sports reporter Mike Bushell when she appeared on BBC1’s Breakfast programme in a not entirely comfortable moment ahead of the weekend’s finals.
Presenter Charlie Stayt told him: “Very nice Mike, you’ve added another major tennis superstar to your list of people that Bushell has hugged during this year’s Wimbledon.