We interrupt this broadcaster: why did Winston Churchill try to seize the BBC?
In 1926, with the General Strike looming and the right warning of a Bolshevik revolution, the BBC found itself in a dreadful dilemma. Writer Jack Thorne on why he turned this into 'a love letter to people in authority' Jack Thorne is a furiously busy scriptwriter and, although he's celebrated for bringing Harry Potter to the stage and His Dark Materials to the screen, he loves a chewy subject. In recent years, he's t…