British television is the big success story of post-war years. Little more than a limited experiment before the war, it blossomed in __several__ (2) years following 1945. __In__ (3) 1955, commercial television began. To day, 90% of the population have a television in their __houses__ (4) In 1960, a committee of enquiry was __set__ (5) up, under the chairmanship of Sir Harry Pilkington, to investigate the workings of broadcasting. The Pilkington Report, published in 1962, had _____ (7) to say: "Television has been __well__ (8) a mirror of society, but the metaphor, __most__ (9) striking, wholly misses the major issue of the responsibility __of__ (10) the broadcasting authorities. For, if we consider the first aspect of this responsibility, what is the __right__ (11) to reflect? Is it to reflect the best or the worst __of__ (12) us? One cannot escape the question by saying that it must do both; one must ask then __how__ (13) it is to present the best and the worst with complete indifference and __without__ (14) comment. Television __will__ (15) not, and cannot, merely reflect the moral standards of society, it must affect __these__ (16) either by changing or by reinforcing them."All broadcasting, __including__ (17) television, must be ready and anxious to experiment, to show __things__ (18) new and unusual, to give hearing __from__ (19) dissent. Here, broadcasting must be most willing to make mistakes; for if it does not, it will __make__ (20) no discoveries.
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