Seasons & Episodes
EP 1
Accident and Opportunity
The eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s early history recount some of the triumphs and disasters as new frontie
EP 2
Building the Audience
BBC TV’s first female newsreader, Nan Winton, tells the story of how she was sacked, and staff from the BBC’s monito
EP 3
Shooting the Rapids
The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history and how it handled social chan
Popular Cast
Joanna Scanlan
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David Attenborough
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David Dimbleby
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Joan Bakewell
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