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How the BBC BeganSeries 1Episodes

    Shooting the Rapids

    3/3The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history.

    Building the Audience

    2/3BBC TV’s first female newsreader, Nan Winton, tells the story of how she was sacked.

    Accident and Opportunity

    1/3The eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s history recount its triumphs and disasters.