The end of the licence fee has been mooted by the Government, with a threat to turn the BBC into a subscription service.
The petition was started following the death of TV presenter Caroline Flack.
David Frost and his team were reported to have tucked in to a "patriotic breakfast" before negotiations kicked off.
Matt Hancock had previously advised that children should sing Happy Birthday while washing their hands to make sure that the message gets through "very simply".
The grown men, many who appear to have children of their own, were revealed without anonymity by the local paper.
He spoke to Channel 4 News on Tuesday via a videolink from his home.
The BBC said in a statement that ‘we all want to focus on the future’.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers spent an enormous £54 million on legal fees and damages related to the illegal interception of voicemails.
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