In 1954, he became the youngest person (at 26 years) to work as a BBC foreign correspondent, having been sent by the controversial Editor of News, Tahu Hole, to the BBC's office in New Delhi.
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Priestland published his autobiography, Something Understood, in 1986, a work which he hastily altered before publication to express his true feelings about Tahu Hole, who had recently died: "He was a monster in every sense."
At this point, Hole appeared to be seeking a job with the BBC's newly formed competitor, the Independent Television Authority.
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(The document was part of the evidence that the BBC were to submit to the Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting, concerning newspaper shareholdings in Independent Television companies.)
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Up to that point, live news broadcasts had been in audio with the announcer/newsreader speaking over a still picture of Big Ben.
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