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Nick Robinson, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Political Editor, concludes his series on relations between broadcasters and politicians by looking at the present day. In previous programmes, Nick Robinson has looked at the General Strike in 1926; the dispute over foreign policy in the 1930s; the Suez crisis in 1956; the row between the Labour Party and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in the early 1970s; the clashes over reporting 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, culminating in the broadcasting ban on terrorists and their supporters; the Falklands War; and the Iraq War. In this final programme, he concludes by looking at the present relationship between broadcasters and politicians. Producer: Rob Shepherd.
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