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The Palace and the Beeb

David Cannadine traces 75 years of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s relationship with the Royal Family, from the Richard Dimbleby broadcasts to royal marriages, divorces, deaths and It's a Royal Knockout.

David Cannadine traces 75 years of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s relationship with the Royal Family, from the awed reverence of the early Richard Dimbleby broadcasts, through royal marriages, divorces, deaths and It's a Royal Knockout.

He discovers how the Palace reacted to the dramatic revelations made by Diana, Princess of Wales, in her Panorama interview, and hears what the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell thought of being branded 'that awful man' by Prince Charles.

With contributions from former Palace press officers, the film-maker and author of On Royalty Edward Mirzoeff, Jeremy Paxman and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s official historian Professor Jean Seaton.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 11 Oct 2008 20:00

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Oct 2008 20:00