Taking Liberties – The Democracy Season
The BBC commemorates 800 years of Magna Carta with a range of programming across TV, radio and online.
Published: 7 January 2015
Magna Carta is one of our country's most important exports. It is an iconic document which helped build the foundations of democracy and the rule of law in Britain and abroad.
Magna Carta is one of our country's most important exports. It is an iconic document which helped build the foundations of democracy and the rule of law in Britain and abroad.
We’ll be marking its 800th anniversary across television, radio and online. Our ‘Taking Liberties – The Democracy Season’ will offer everyone the chance to understand what is being commemorated and why, exploring this complex and fascinating story through drama, documentary, comedy, journalism and events. It will set out how principles and ideas that developed over the centuries that followed Magna Carta are critical to the debates taking place on justice and power today.
Above all, we will demonstrate what is perhaps Magna Carta's greatest legacy: our freedom of speech and our right to question, to challenge and to hold up a mirror to the people and institutions which represent us.
I would like to thank all our partners - the British Library, the Magna Carta 800 Committee and everyone who’s been working with us.
SH8/EF
