BBC Newsnight: the Peacock Report | 29 May 1986

BBC-2's Newsnight reports on the launch of the Peacock Report on Broadcasting, which recommends, inter alia, that ITV franchises go to the highest bidder and that BBC Radios 1 and 2 are sold.

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And we've seen the lamentable results of ITV franchises being sold to the highest bidder after 1991.