Participants in the BBC's early history describe the challenges and triumphs of its first fifty years, as it evolved into the corporation of today.
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JB
John Bridcut
Director
Joanna Scanlan
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David Attenborough
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Joan Bakewell
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David Dimbleby
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Humphrey Burton
Self
MP
Michael Peacock
Self
Hugh Greene
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JT
John Tusa
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PF
Paul Fox
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JG
John Grist
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DT
Dorothy Torry
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MS
Monica Sims
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JR
John Reith
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Waris Hussein
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Anthony Eden
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Kenneth Clark
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Huw Wheldon
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MB
Martin Bell
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JB
John Bridcut
Writer
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