> As buildings burned, shops looted and streets ceded to the control of rampaging youth, the country’s leaders were on holiday. With escalating civil disorder and public demands for action, an unfortunately essential quadrumvirate of the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Mayor of London were en vacances. They soon returned. The Home Secretary Theresa May flew back on Monday 8 August, followed […]
Daily Archives: August 26, 2011
> The story is irresistible, and, as such, has become part of the BBC’s unofficial history. It is repeated on countless websites, news stories and anecdotes. It is the story of how the BBC returned to television broadcasts in the aftermath of the Second World War. As Europe teetered perilously on the edge of cataclysmic conflict, BBC television was still in its infancy. The service could […]