A critical look at BBC journalism. ' I don't want a white man's face to be seen talking about us. We have tongues.'
' The BBC's journalists tend to be a bit posh and precious - a bit twee.' ' If we say something, most of the world actually takes it as an incontrovertible fact.'
What began with the first news bulletin in 1922 has expanded out of all recognition. Turn a knob, press a button, and out of the radio or television set - your own Pandora's Box - fly all the troubles of the world.
Robert Carvel examines the nature of the BBC's journalism today, and its development since it began, with evidence from a crowd of witnesses. Politicians, trade unionists, academics,
Fleet Street editors, past and present Corporation journalists join BBC listeners and viewers looking into the works of Pandora's Box. Researcher
ROSEMARY PHILLIPSON Producer
CAROLINE MILLINGTON