When Winston Went to War With the Wireless review " radio is the star of BBC crisis drama
Donmar Warehouse, LondonJack Thorne's dramatisation of the power play between the UK government and the broadcaster in 1920s Britain is pacy and evocative If Reithian principles represent the ideal of truth-telling and impartiality in public service broadcasting today, Jack Thorne's play looks back at the man who established them at a delicate moment in the history of the BBC, and dramatises his inner tussle with tru…