The BBC investigates... itself? Dimbleby pulls no punches in this rare institutional autopsy.
59 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestDavid Dimbleby asks how best the BBC can seek to serve all its audience, and looks at issues such as the Falklands War and race relations where its impartiality has been tested.
David Dimbleby goes behind the scenes to investigate major controversies that have affected the BBC and its viewers over the last sixty years.
Direction
Bogado lets Dimbleby's archival authority do the heavy lifting.
Writing
Rare access to internal BBC memos and mea culpas.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dimbleby's presence matters: his 50+ year BBC tenure makes this both credible and slightly uncomfortable—institutional loyalty versus journalistic duty.
The series was commissioned post-2021 Bashir scandal, making it essentially crisis response content disguised as historical documentary.
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