Tony Wright Discusses Democracy in Britain with Jean Seaton for Political Quarterly

A Discussion Chaired by Jean Seaton, published by The Political Quarterly

The Political Quarterly was delighted to host former editor Tony Wright for the Political Quarterly lecture entitled ‘Democracy in Britain: Retrospect and Prospect’ on Wednesday 12 October, at the Institute for Government. The discussion was chaired by CAMRI professor Jean Seaton.

Jean Seaton

About Jean Seaton

Jean Seaton is Professor of Media History and the Official Historian of the BBC. She will publish in the Autumn of 2024 the next volume of the Corporations story, Holding the Line: the BBC and the Nation, taking Lord Asa Briggs work forward for Profile Books. This involves everything the BBC did in a tumultuous decade from the conflict in Northern Ireland, to the invasion of the Falklands, to Not the Nine O'Clock News, the Proms, the early music revolution, devolution, Dennis Potter's greatest plays, Attenborough's revolutionary series Life on Earth, and Radio 1s most influential moment, as well as the role of women in the Corporation, programmes for children and a tense and complicated relationship with the government. The historian was given privileged access to BBC archives, but also gained privileged access to state papers. For the first time the Corporation's history is seen in the round. It has depended on several hundred interviews, and explores both the programme making decision that go into the making of an iconic Television series like John le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but also the high politics around the imposition of the broadcasting ban.

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Jean Seaton
Date
26 October 2016
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The Political Quarterly
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