Spanish Television - Breaking the Grip?
' Give me ten minutes on television and I could bring down the government', an eminent Economics Professor commented in Madrid, ' that's why I'm not asked to appear! '
If the Spanish press, radio and cinema are now virtually free, television remains largely controlled by the past. There have been changes since Franco's death -more coverage of home news, and scantily-clad girls are permitted but political freedom seems still a long way off. Most Spaniards have a lot to say about their television: Frank Gillard , in Madrid, spoke to some of them.
Producer MARYSE ADDISON