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Shooting the Rapids
3/3The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history.
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Building the Audience
2/3BBC TV’s first female newsreader, Nan Winton, tells the story of how she was sacked.
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Accident and Opportunity
1/3The eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s history recount its triumphs and disasters.


