New series preview: How much do we really know about the people who make the headlines? In a provocative new series the acclaimed journalist Michael Crick, formerly of BBC, C4 and Newsnight, delves into the backgrounds of the powerful and the influential.
In this first episode: Few newspaper editors wield as much power as the Daily Mail’s Paul Dacre. Feared and courted by politicians, he’s imposed his singular vision of Britain on successive governments – while sometimes stretching the law in pursuit of justice. But what makes Dacre tick? What does he want? And how might this epic career end?
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Britain’s Brain Drain, Dunt’s New Book and Succession Shocker
Sunak’s Long Road to Nowhere
Illegally Blonde
Pot Hole Sun
Anti-Social Justice Warriors
Whatever happened to the Brexit Wars?
Hog Roast for Greased Piglet
Check Your Privileges
Getting Off on a Technicality
Own Goal of the Month
Cruel Intentions
WhatsApp, Doc?
How many times can they get Brexit done?
The Way You Make Me Deal
Backseat Skiver
It’s Grim Up Islington North
Rejoiniacs? – Live in London Part Two
Tales of the Unexpected – Live in London Part One
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