The BBC, Inequality and the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

The BBC, Inequality and the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

Camberwick Green, a haven of social equality. Photo: Moviestore Collection/AlamyThis article makes an unconventional argument, that the BBC was pro-egalitarian until the late 1970s and then a less benign dominance took hold. Slowly at first, but later that new dominance grew to have a negative influence over British culture, politics, and economics.Using the BBC’s commissioned children’s television shows by way of playful example – which might m…