I was not fully stretched

Overview

After he left the BBC, a move he describes as 'a frightful mistake', Lord Reith served in wartime ministries under Chamberlain and Churchill. Tonight he recalls his relations with Churchill and his bitter disappointment at being dropped from the Government. And in a revealing assessment of his past life, he talks about his unfulfilled ambitions, of what might have happened had he stayed at the BBC, and what he thinks of television today.