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Battle for the AirwavesEpisodes

  1. Episode 8

    8/8Nick Robinson concludes his series on relations between broadcasters and politicians.

  2. Episode 7

    7/8Nick examines the 2003 Iraq War and the most damaging political row in the BBC's history.

  3. Episode 6

    6/8Nick Robinson looks at clashes between broadcasters and politicians in the Falklands War.

  4. Episode 5

    5/8Nick Robinson looks at broadcast coverage of 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland.

  5. Episode 4

    4/8Nick Robinson on the row over Yesterday's Men, a BBC film about Labour in 1971.

  6. Episode 3

    3/8The bitter clash between the broadcasters and Sir Eden's government during the Suez crisis

  7. Episode 2

    2/8The maverick Churchill and other critical voices were kept off the BBC in the 1930s.

  8. Episode 1

    1/8Nick Robinson on radio's early days and the impact of the 1926 General Strike.