I can recommend Nick Robinson's excellent book "Live from Downing Street" - this reminded me just how unpopular the BBC was with the Conservative government in the 1980s and the Labour government after '97.
Edit: At home we've been getting free Guardians from Waitrose - this has actually resulted in us buying some "right wing" newspapers to try and get a bit of perspective, my wife liked the Daily Telegraph but did concede she had gone too far by buying a Daily Mail (the Scottish edition) - which she described as "utter trash".
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-From-Downing-Street-Robinson/dp...
Edit: At home we've been getting free Guardians from Waitrose - this has actually resulted in us buying some "right wing" newspapers to try and get a bit of perspective, my wife liked the Daily Telegraph but did concede she had gone too far by buying a Daily Mail (the Scottish edition) - which she described as "utter trash".