Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby

59min

Documentary

David Dimbleby goes behind the scenes to investigate major controversies that have affected the BBC and its viewers over the last sixty years.

Episodes

Cast

Independence

1. Independence

59min

30th Aug 2022

Focusing on controversies from the recent past, David Dimbleby examines the way the BBC has dealt with power and how it has preserved its independence.

Trust Matters

2. Trust Matters

59min

6th Sep 2022

David Dimbleby explores the issue of trust in the BBC in the context of two crises: the Hutton Inquiry after the death of David Kelly and the case of Jimmy Savile.

Whose BBC?

3. Whose BBC?

59min

14th Sep 2022

David 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.

First air date

30th Aug 2022

Last air date

14th Sep 2022

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks