DG: Memoirs of a British Broadcaster

by Alasdair Milne (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1988

  $3.25

  This is an account of Alisdair Milne's years as Director General of the BBC when he had to deal with the aftermath of the Falklands War, the miners' strike, press accusations, a hostile government, the Real Lives fracas, the Panorama libel action and the Secret Society case. Meanwhile the BBC was under scrutiny from the Peacock Committee, license fee negotiations and satellite broadcasting. It also covers the history of the BBC since the 1950s when the BBC wilted under pressure from ITV and then recovered.

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  Paperback
  1989

  $3.97