How the BBC Began

Shooting the Rapids (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 87 min | Documentary

Writer

John Bridcut (written by)

Producer

John Bridcut

Editor

Riaz Meer

See all filmmakers & crew (10)

Edit Released

Updated Mar 3, 2024

Release date

Mar 3, 2024 (United Kingdom)

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for Shooting the Rapids.

Cast	+ Add Cast
33 cast members

Name	Known for
Joanna Scanlan Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Notes on a Scandal (2006)
David Attenborough Self Self See fewer	Blue Planet II (2017)
Joan Bakewell Self Self See fewer	Iris (I) (2001)
Martin Bell Self Self See fewer	Media Junkies: News Addiction (2003)
Tony Bilbow Self Self See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
Humphrey Burton Self Self See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Kenneth Clark Self (archive footage) (as Sir Kenneth Clark) Self (archive footage) (as Sir Kenneth Clark) See fewer	Civilisation (1969)
Anthony Crosland Self (archive footage) (as Anthony Crosland MP) Self (archive footage) (as Anthony Crosland MP) See fewer	Toki no hito (1963)
David Dimbleby Self Self See fewer	The Goodies (1970)
Peter Dimmock Self Self See fewer	Pantomania: Babes in the Wood (1957)
Anthony Eden Self (archive footage) (as Sir Anthony Eden) Self (archive footage) (as Sir Anthony Eden) See fewer	The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
Marty Feldman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Young Frankenstein (1974)
George Fischer Self Self See fewer	How the BBC Began (2022)
Paul Fox Self Self See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Hugh Gaitskell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Frank Gillard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Microbes and Men (1974)
Hugh Greene Self (archive footage) (as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene) Self (archive footage) (as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene) See fewer	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
John Grist Self Self See fewer	Press Conference (1952)
Joe Haines Self Self See fewer	TV Eye (1978)
Waris Hussein Self Self See fewer	Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Bernard Manning Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Impressionable Jon Culshaw (2004)
Michael Peacock Self Self See fewer	Fairly Secret Army (1984)
Angela Pope Self Self See fewer	Hollow Reed (1996)
John Reith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935)
Monica Sims Self Self See fewer	Peridot Flight (1960)
Johnny Speight Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Till Death Us Do Part (1965)
Dorothy Torry Self (as Dorothy Singer) Self (as Dorothy Singer) See fewer	Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC (1997)
Denis Tuohy Self Self See fewer	Strength and Honour (2007)
John Tusa Self Self See fewer	Right to Reply (1982)
Huw Wheldon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Epic Battles (1958)
Alan Whicker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Whicker; Down Mexico Way (1963)
Mary Whitehouse Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	D.O.A. (1980)
Frank Zappa Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Baby Snakes (1979)