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.
Trailer
Cast
JB
John Bridcut
Director
Joanna Scanlan
Self - Narrator
David Attenborough
Self
Joan Bakewell
Self
David Dimbleby
Self
Humphrey Burton
Self
MP
Michael Peacock
Self
Hugh Greene
Self
JT
John Tusa
Self
PF
Paul Fox
Self
JG
John Grist
Self
DT
Dorothy Torry
Self
MS
Monica Sims
Self
JR
John Reith
Self
Waris Hussein
Self
Anthony Eden
Self
Kenneth Clark
Self
HW
Huw Wheldon
Self
MB
Martin Bell
Self
JB
John Bridcut
Writer
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