Richard Lindley was born in Winchester and educated at Bedford School. After National Service with the Royal Hampshire Regiment in Malaya he went to Queens' College Cambridge, where he ran the University Film Society. After a spell in advertising, making commercials, he became a television reporter, first for ITN's News at Ten and later for the BBC's Panorama and ITV's This Week. He now makes occasional television documentaries. He has two children and lives in north London with his wife, the author and broadcaster Carole Stone
Foreword
p. vii
Preface
p. ix
Research note
p. xi
'This terrible shambles'
p. 1
First faltering steps
p. 15
Finding a role
p. 24
Bumble and the whim of iron
p. 29
The window on the world
p. 36
They were giants ...
p. 52
The producers--bag carriers or bosses?
p. 119
Those poor, well-paid presenters
p. 149
The Editors
p. 190
The Panorama style
p. 263
Coping with complaint
p. 290
Pressure tests
p. 297
Whither Panorama?
p. 375
Notes
p. 385
Index
p. 395
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