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Daily Archive: Thursday, 18 August 1955

Doctor, Doctor…

The 14-day rule rumbles on and under the headline “BBC’s Opposition to 14-Day Rule” The Guardian quotes a BBC spokesman who said that “it was the corporation’s opposition to the ‘fortnight rule’ which led the Postmaster-General, Dr Charles Hill, to issue a prescription ordering the corporation to adhere to what had previously been an unofficial ban.” (more…)