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The British Broadcasting Conundrum
World War II was the BBC’s finest hour, but its history since then reflects the corporation’s gradual loss of primacy in British life.
The BBC: A Century on Air
by David Hendy
This Is the BBC: Entertaining the Nation, Speaking for Britain? 1922–2022
by Simon J. Potter
April 20, 2023 issue