Dyson, Frank Watson 1
EastEnders 1, 2, 3
Eckersley, Peter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on future of broadcasting 1
joins BBC 1
Eckersley, Roger 1, 2, 3
Eckersley, Thomas 1
Edinburgh Television Festival 1
Elba, Idris 1
Eliot, George 1
Elstein, David 1
Empire Marketing Board 1
Endemol Productions 1
Entwistle, George 1, 2, 3, 4 and McAlpine allegation 1, 2, 3
and news as route to DG post 1
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Esslin, Martin 1
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Facebook 1
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Ground Force 1
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and BBC’s fortress mentality 1
on BBC’s online future 1
and BBC Three 1
first speech as DG of 1
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on news balance 1
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Haw-Haw, Lord, see Joyce, William
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Henry IV Part I (Shakespeare) 1
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Here’s Looking at You (Madden) 1
Hertz, Heinrich 1
Hill, Charles 1
Hitler, Adolf 1, 2
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Huxley, Julian 1
impartiality and balance, see under BBC: news and current affairs
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iPhone 1
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Judah, Cynthia, see Kee, Cynthia
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Kickstarter 1
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Lord Haw-Haw, see Joyce, William
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MI5 1
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becomes DG 1
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and news as route to DG post 1
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TV and radio flourish under 1
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Paxman leaves 1
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9/11 1
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Peterloo 1
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Pixar 1
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Purnell, James 1, 2 on Birt 1
Radio 1 1, 2 rising listenership of 1
on YouTube 1
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Radio Caroline 1
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Radio Times 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 critical letter in 1
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Ramsey, Alicia 1
Rantzen, Esther 1, 2
Ravel, Maurice 1
Rawsthorne, Alan 1
Real Lives 1
(see also BBC: and Northern Ireland Real Lives documentary)
Redgrave, Vanessa 1
Regiment of Women (Dane) 1
Reith, George 1, 2
Reith, John (1st Baron) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 apprenticeship undertaken by 1, 2
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described 1
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‘run by a gang of reds’ 1
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Russell, Bertrand 1, 2
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Russia Today 1
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Saddam Hussein 1 and ‘sexed-up’ WMD dossier 1
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Saltire Society 1
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devolution in 1
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Scottish National Party 1, 2, 3
Scottish Parliament 1
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Sky News 1
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Snowden, Edward 1, 2, 3
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Soy, Anne 1
Special Branch 1, 2, 3
Springwatch 1
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Star Trek 1
Stoppard, Tom 1
Story of Broadcasting, The (Burrows) 1
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suffrage 1
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swingometer 1
Television Centre 1
television news: and ITN launch 1
with off-screen newsreaders 1
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That Was The Week That Was 1, 2
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