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Sir David reflects on his time as controller of BBC Two - 1972

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Sir David looks back on his years as controller of BBC Two, discussing the channel’s role, its appetite for risk and the kind of programmes it made possible. Clip taken from Late Night Line-Up. BBC 2, December 1972. Watch the whole interview on bbc.co.uk/archive

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