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The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history and how it handled social changes in Britain after the Second World War.
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Release Date:
Sat, Oct 22, 2022
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 89
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 89
Joanna Scanlan
Self - Narrator (voice)
David Attenborough
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David Dimbleby
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Joan Bakewell
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June Spencer
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Richard Baker
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Sylvia Peters
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Humphrey Burton
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Monica Sims
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John Grist
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Season 1:
The eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s early history recount some of the triumphs and disasters as new frontiers of broadcasting were mapped out – often by accident rather than design.
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The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history and how it handled social changes in Britain after the Second World War.
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