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Commercial Breaks

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The first of a 13-part series that follows the fortunes of entrepreneurs around the world as their stories unfold. How to Win Newspapers and Influence People
The extraordinary events inside the Daily Mirror over the past three months. Idealist Clive Thornton wanted to sell shares in the Daily Mirror to the public and make it the people's newspaper.
But then along came multi-millionaire
Robert Maxwell. On Friday 13 July he bought the entire Mirror
Group for himself. Thornton was out - and the ebullient
Maxwell set about putting his personal stamp on the paper. Next week Commercial Breaks follows Maxwell's frantic circulation war.
Narrator Hugh Sykes
Film editor PETER DELFGOU Research ROBERT THIRKELL Executive producer JONATHAN CRANE
Producer DAVID DUGAN
● FEATURE: page 86

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Thornton
Unknown:
Robert Maxwell.
Narrator:
Hugh Sykes
Editor:
Peter Delfgou
Editor:
Robert Thirkell
Producer:
David Dugan
Source: Radio Times

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