The BBC report
Charlotte Higgins's nine-part series on the past, present and future of the BBC
The future of the BBC: you either believe in it or you don't
In the final part of her in-depth series on the past, present and future of the BBC, Charlotte Higgins assesses the health of the corporation and the challenges it faces on the road to charter renewal in 2016
BBC looks beyond the walled garden in a changing media world
In part eight of our nine-part series, Charlotte Higgins looks at how 20 years ago the BBC was a fortress in a broadcasting world it largely invented itself; now it is no longer alone in the ‘vast ocean of possibility’
BBC’s long struggle to present the facts without fear or favour
Charlotte Higgins: The corporation has always striven to be independent and impartial, and it is more trusted than almost any other news provider. But has it drifted to the right?
The BBC: how the voice of an empire became part of an evolving world
In the sixth of our in-depth nine-part series on the past, present and future of the corporation, Charlotte Higgins looks at how it became a news outlet that was trusted internationally but now faces fundamental questions about its purpose
The BBC informs, educates and entertains – but in what order?
Charlotte Higgins: From the broadcaster’s earliest days, the balance between the popular and the niche has been fiercely contested
The big beasts who shaped the BBC
Charlotte Higgins: The BBC has had 16 directors general, and each has imprinted his personality, but politics still cast a long shadow
From David Kelly to Jimmy Savile, how does the BBC deal with a crisis?
The Smith review into the handling of the Savile allegations, leading to the demise of its director general, is just the latest scandal to hit the corporation. By Charlotte Higgins
The BBC: there to inform, educate, provoke and enrage?
In the second of a series of essays on the corporation's past, present
and future, Charlotte Higgins examines why it is constantly criticised by rivals, supporters and even its own staff
What can the origins of the BBC tell us about its future?
Charlotte Higgins: In 1924 John Reith said the BBC should be the citizen’s ‘guide,
philosopher and friend’.
Ninety years on, can – and should – that still
be its aim?
