Introduced and narrated by Harold Evans
Editor, The Sunday Times
Four films about the world of journalism in different countries. The New Statesman
From the 1930s to the 1950s the New Statesman was called 'the conscience of the Left' - to A. P. Herbert it was ' this bitious weekly', to its devotees a weekly Bible.
Founded by middle-class socialists in 1913, the New Statesman became, under Kingsley Martin editor from 1931-1961, probably the most influential publication in British politics. Now, it is a radical journal in search of a role. Among those taking part
Malcolm Muggeridge , Paul Johnson Anthony Sampson
Richard Hoggart , V. S. Pritchett Professor Norman MacKenzie and the present editor, Anthony Howard
Executive producer WILL WYATY Director SANDRA GREGORY