50 Years Of BBC Television News — Season 1, Episode 1: 1954-1963
News, Documentary • 27 min • 1 season, 5 episodes
Episode synopsis
Michael Buerk looks back at the birth of BBC Television News and how it showed the post-war world taking shape: the black and white era of Winston Churchill, the death of John F Kennedy and the birth of the pill, the Beatles and the permissive society
About 50 Years Of BBC Television News
To mark 50 years of BBC TV News, a look back on how stories were reported in each decade. Narrated by key figures including Charles Wheeler, Michael Buerk, Kate Adie, John Simpson and Jeremy Bowen.