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• Channel 4:the 30 years war. An insider’s account . August 30, 2021 - (0)

  My article for the British Journalism Review Volume 32 Number 3 When the Downing Street Policy Unit wrote to tell Margaret Thatcher in April 1989 that “the Home Secretary rejects a privatised C4”, she scribbled back one word: “Why?” When she lost that battle with Douglas Hurd, her policy adviser wrote ‘As Channel 4 has […]

• A new BBC-Bashir timeline raises questions for DG Tim Davie June 14, 2021 - (2)
• Why the independent inquiry I called for into the Princess Diana interview has finally got to the truth but holds back on its ‘cover-up’ conclusion. May 20, 2021 - (3)
• Exclusive: the documents that reveal John Major and Downing Street’s 1995 ‘stop Murdoch plan’. August 30, 2019 - (0)
• Britain’s fragmented politics and Brexit are challenging the UK’s broadcasters, especially the BBC, as never before July 25, 2019 - (0)

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