50 Years Of BBC Television News(2004)
NewsDocumentary
First Air Date: 2004-07-05
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 0.0
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
To mark 50 years of BBC TV News, a look back on how stories were reported in each decade. Narrated by key figures including Charles Wheeler, Michael Buerk, Kate Adie, John Simpson and Jeremy Bowen.
Seasons & Episodes
Decade by Decade
Episodes: 5E01
1954-1963
Air Date: 2004-07-05
Michael Buerk looks back at the birth of BBC Television News and how it showed the post-war world taking shape: the b...
E02
1964-1973
Air Date: 2004-07-05
Charles Wheeler reflects on an age which saw America embroiled in the war in Vietnam, violent clashes over civil righ...
E03
1974-1983
Air Date: 2004-07-06
Kate Adie remembers the three-day week, the IRA's mainland bombing campaign, Charles and Diana and the arrival of Bri...
E04
1984-1993
Air Date: 2004-07-06
John Simpson looks at a decade of profound change. The Berlin Wall came down, while apartheid collapsed along with co...
E05
1994-2004
Air Date: 2004-07-07
Jeremy Bowen introduces the age of 24-hour news, when the world watched the September 11th attacks live on television...
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