The BBC marks its 100th birthday
The broadcaster’s second century is unlikely to be as successful as its first
The sound of the apocalypse would be soothing. Whereas prophets and novelists tend to imagine Armageddon as noisy—earthquakes, looting and whatnot—for the BBC, it would sound like Peter Donaldson. As documents declassified a few years ago revealed, he was the newsreader chosen to usher in the end of the world.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Apocalypse then”
Britain October 15th 2022
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- American pro-life activists make their presence felt in Britain
- A trial of e-scooters in Britain has encouraging results
- The BBC marks its 100th birthday
- A thaw in Britain’s frozen union
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