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Britain in a Box

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Series exploring the stories behind programmes which have become part of TV history

Series exploring the stories behind the making of programmes which have become part of TV history

Britain in a Box: Series 4

Paul Kobrak

Britain in a Box: Series 4: Episode 1: World in Action

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World in Action

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Episode 1: World in Action

Series 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Britain in a Box, Series 4, World in Action

Paul Jackson's series on classic TV programmes focuses on World in Action.

Paul Jackson reveals how the iconic World in Action led the way for current affairs TV. With John Pilger. From February 2011.

Paul Jackson looks back to ITV's pioneering show, World in Action, which led the way for current affairs from 1963 to 1998.

What was the impact and legacy of its tough journalism, which launched the TV career of John Pilger and helped to free the Birmingham Six? With John Pilger, Lord Douglas Hurd and Sir Jeremy Isaacs. 

Not only celebrating innovative TV programmes over the decades, 'Britain in a Box' uses them as a window on a particular period in our cultural and social history. 

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Series exploring the stories behind programmes that have become part of TV history

Series exploring the stories behind the making of programmes that have become part of TV history

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