50 Years Of BBC Television News

50 Years Of BBC Television News

2004 1 Seasons 5 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 News Documentary

To mark 50 years of BBC TV News, a look back on how stories were reported in each decade. Narrated by key figures including Charles Wheeler, Michael Buerk, Kate Adie, John Simpson and Jeremy Bowen.

To mark 50 years of BBC TV News, a look back on how stories were reported in each decade. Narrated by key figures including Charles Wheeler, Michael Buerk, Kate Adie, John Simpson and Jeremy Bowen.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

1954-1963

Michael Buerk looks back at the birth of BBC Television News and how it showed the post-war world taking shape: the blac

EP 2

1964-1973

Charles Wheeler reflects on an age which saw America embroiled in the war in Vietnam, violent clashes over civil rights

EP 3

1974-1983

Kate Adie remembers the three-day week, the IRA's mainland bombing campaign, Charles and Diana and the arrival of Britai

EP 4

1984-1993

John Simpson looks at a decade of profound change. The Berlin Wall came down, while apartheid collapsed along with commu

EP 5

1994-2004

Jeremy Bowen introduces the age of 24-hour news, when the world watched the September 11th attacks live on television. D

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