Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby

David Dimbleby goes behind the scenes to investigate major controversies that have affected the BBC and its viewers over the last sixty years.

Latest: Season 1 · 2022

E1. Independence
Aug 30, 2022 · 59m
Focusing on controversies from the recent past, David Dimbleby examines the way the BBC has dealt with power and how it has preserved its independence.
E2. Trust Matters
Sep 6, 2022 · 59m
David Dimbleby explores the issue of trust in the BBC in the context of two crises: the Hutton Inquiry after the death of David Kelly and the case of Jimmy Savile.
E3. Whose BBC?
Sep 14, 2022 · 59m
David Dimbleby asks how best the BBC can seek to serve all its audience, and looks at issues such as the Falklands War and race relations where its impartiality has been tested.