Series

Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby

2022 · 1 season · 3 episodes · Ended · BBC Two

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David Dimbleby goes behind the scenes to investigate major controversies that have affected the BBC and its viewers over the last sixty years.

Episodes

  • S01E01Independence2022-08-3059m

    Focusing on controversies from the recent past, David Dimbleby examines the way the BBC has dealt with power and how it has preserved its independence.

  • S01E02Trust Matters2022-09-0659m

    David Dimbleby explores the issue of trust in the BBC in the context of two crises: the Hutton Inquiry after the death of David Kelly and the case of Jimmy Savile.

  • S01E03Whose BBC?2022-09-1459m

    David Dimbleby asks how best the BBC can seek to serve all its audience, and looks at issues such as the Falklands War and race relations where its impartiality has been tested.

Cast