Churchill versus Reith

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Churchill versus Reith by Mike Harris It’s 1926: the General Strike. Churchill wants to commandeer the infant BBC to crush what he considers to be a Bolshevik-inspired uprising. The BBC’s founder, John Reith, is determined to preserve its independence. Churchill is an ambitious, volatile, bon vivant aristocrat. Reith is an ascetic, deeply religious, middle-class Scot. Churchill thinks Reith’s desire for political neutrality is ‘defeatist,’ even traitorous. Reith regards Churchill as a dangerous extremist. Both are egotistical geniuses with a powerful sense of their own destinies. What is at stake is the future independence of British broadcasting. John Reith.........................................Tom Goodman-Hill Winston Churchill..........................Christian McKay Isobel Shields...................................Emily Pithon Ellen Wilkinson................................Helen O'Hara John Davidson.................................Jonathan Keeble Frank Horrabin................................Jonathan Forbes May Bates/Clem Churchill...........Joanna Monro Stanley Baldwin...............................Roger Ringrose Director/Producer Gary Brown Production Co-ordinator Pippa Day Tech Team : Andy Partington & Vanessa Nuttall Sound Design Sharon Hughes