By Elinor Evans

Published: Monday, 25 April 2022 at 12:00 am


In the latest episode of our monthly series marking the centenary of the BBC, media historian David Hendy speaks to Matt Elton about the rise of television during the 1950s – and how the decade saw the BBC increasingly clash with the political world.

David Hendy is the author of The BBC: A People’s History (Profile Books, 2022)