A fortnightly programme about the media
4: ' The Voice of France'
For some years the ORTFthe French State broadcasting organisation - has been experiencing a series of political shocks. In October its Chair-' man/Director-General was dismissed by a Government Minister who was then himself removed from office.
What are the roots of the controversy surrounding the ORTF? What is the relationship between broadcasting and the State in France?
John Ardagh examines these and other questions and talks to some of the people most intimately concerned with broadcasting in France. Producer DANIEL SNOWMAN
followed by an interlude