Inthewakeofthephone-hackingscandal,RupertMurdochhasbeenaccusedofcorruptingBritishmediaandcontaminatingpolitics.Yetthecaricatureimageofhimasthe'DirtyDigger',thesinisterheadofaglobalmediaempire,infactobscuresdeeper,moresignificanttruths-notleastaboutBritainitself. RupertMurdochcanbeseenasanagentofchange,arevolutionaryalmost,whohasbeenavitalpartofthetransformationofBritainoverthelast45years.Herodethewaveofsocialchangethatsweptagloomypostwarcountryintothemodernworldandhisabilitytounderstandwhatpeoplewantedandgiveittothemmadehimrichandpowerful.Yethispartinthiscultural,politicalandindustrialrevolutionalsobroughtRupertMurdochintoconflictwiththeestablishmentandvestedinterestsinalltheirguises.Itmayevenhaveultimatelycosthimhislife'sambition-toseethebusinesshehasbuiltcarriedoninsidethefamilybyoneofhischildren.SteveHewletttellsthestoryofRupertMurdoch's40-yearbattlewithBritain.
