The ghost of Thatcher still reigns over the Beeb

It looks like the 30 year feud between Thatcherism and the BBC is about to erupt again if the report in the Guardian is to be believed this morning.

The paper had managed to see the pre uncut version of the show which contained some leanings towards the less liked character of the former Prime Minister.

It included Elspeth Howe refering to the Prime Minister as a Caligula figure and Denis calling the BBC's John Seargent "a pinko prat."

The BBC had a rocky relationship with the long years of Tory government in which the latter appeared on a mission to deconstruct the funding by license fee.

It culminated in Mrs Thatcher's appointee Marmaduke Hussey,sacking the then Director General Alastair Milne after a series of incidents in which the BBC was accused of pandering to the left of politics.Coverage of the Falkland's war,the American attack on Tripoli and various documentaries on the IRA were amongst the incidents.

Norman Tebbit kept a dossier on what he perceived as bias coverage and Brian Redhead on the Today was seen as a left wing stooge influencing the nation.

Now it seems that the corporation has the old battles in mind as it broadcasts its Thatcher fest