As Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman from Fox and News Corp, exclusive clips from the BBC archive reveal the man before he became the cultural force he is today.

RUPERT Murdoch has two key characteristics which make him far and away the most phenomenal newspaper man of the modern age. The first is his upbringing in classless Australia where, more even than … ...

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The young Rupert Murdoch, son of Sir Keith Murdoch, landed in Adelaide, South Australia toward the end of 1953. He was newly graduated from Oxford, outspoken and determined.