
The BBC at 100: political tensions in the 1970s and 80s
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What's the Difference Between the B B C and the Gulf War?
By the time of the gulf war in 19 90, how different was the b b c from the corporation that had reported on the falklands almost a decade arlier? Perhaps the most significant difference that we can point to is that as director generals ean trethowan and allister miln, but we've also had michael checkland and john burt. And both of those director gen as preside over a b b c that reforms itself from within in quite a dramatic way.
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