Before the second world war, Winston Churchill rarely appeared on the BBC. John Reith, the BBC's founding managing director hated him. During the General Strike of 1926, Stanley Baldwin put Churchill (the Chancellor) in charge of producing the Government's newspaper, aimed at giving positive propaganda in the face of the TUC's blacklisting of all other print news outlets. Churchill wanted the BBC commandeered for Government purposes, Baldwin and the Cabinet held out against this, and Reith stuck to his principle that BBC news should be impartial. This entertaining radio drama describes the events of the eleven days of the strike through the eyes of Reith's personal assistant, Isobel Shields, who saw all the comings and goings between Savoy Place, Downing Street and elsewhere. The contrasting positions of Reith, Churchill, as well as the Trades Union supporting female MP, Ellen Wilkinson, ("Red Ellen"), were well described. Baldwin acted as a very steady and calm mediator - playing off Churchill's demands to "crush the Bolshevik uprising" with the splits in the Union movement, and calmer voices in the Government. Every British Government since has always regarded the BBC as biased against them, so the parallels with more recent history are obvious. Written by Mike Harris. Cast included Tom Goodman-Hill, Christian McKay, Emily Pithon, Helen O'Hara, Jonathan Keeble, Jonathan Forbes, Joanna Monro, and Roger Ringrose. Director/Producer Gary Brown. First broadcast November 2022.