Cactus Pryor Interviews Sir Gerald Beadle (1961)

Duration: 0:19:34

Year Published: 1961

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: On this clip from the November 23, 1961 Cactus Pryor Show, Pryor interviews Sir Gerald Beadle, former President of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The conversation centers around comparisons between American and European broadcasting as Beadle explains the logistics of state-owned networks and programming policy at the BBC. The two delve into topics that remain relevant fifty years later, such as the effect of television violence on children and society as a whole, and some more dated subjects, such as the dream of Transatlantic transmission and the future of color television.