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The BBC at 100: establishment values in the 1930s

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The B B Cis a Part of the Fabric Weekly Life

In the 19 thirties, you've got a situation where the politics is becoming more tos in british society anywey. You've got people inside the b b c who really believe that the job of the bb c is to examine what's happening in society. At the same time, an administrative class are deeply anxious about er, the national broadcaster, stirring things up unnecessarily. And and you can see a b b c that is, in many ways, face indifferent directions. It's increasingly cautious, and its increasingly conservative in its judgments about the kind of programms it should make.

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