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How The Archers tried to derail the launch of ITV

Plus: a celebration of From Our Own Correspondent, 60 years old this year

26 September 2015

8:00 AM

26 September 2015

8:00 AM

Two significant anniversaries, each very different but both reflecting the BBC’s mission and the reasons for its continued success. From Our Own Correspondent has been on air for 60 years, reporting on events across the world not just as news but to fill in the back story to the headlines.

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