There won't be many around to judge the technical veracity of the The Hour, a new six-part drama coming to BBC2. It is set in 1956, and "takes viewers behind the scenes of the launch of a topical news programme in London". This, we presume, is on the BBC (though ITV started in London in 1955) as it features Anton Lesser as "Clarence Fendley, Head of News at the BBC". So we ought to see shots from in and around Alexandra Palace, home of news from 1954 to 1969.
Ben Whishaw plays Freddie Lyon, reporter; Dominic West is Hector Madden, reporter, and Romola Garai is programme editor Bel Rowley. Anna Chancellor is "Lix, The Hour's brave and maverick hard-drinking foreign correspondent". In 1956 ?
The pre-publicity is all about sexual chemistry - but the core subject is Suez.
In 1956, the BBC DG was Ian Jacob, and the Head of News was
Tahu Hole, who's worth reading about....
Ben Whishaw plays Freddie Lyon, reporter; Dominic West is Hector Madden, reporter, and Romola Garai is programme editor Bel Rowley. Anna Chancellor is "Lix, The Hour's brave and maverick hard-drinking foreign correspondent". In 1956 ?
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