Long considered the first lady of British television, Goldie had transferred from BBC Radio to the BBC Television Service in 1948. She was working on BBC's popular Third Program but soon became responsible for the advent of news and public-affairs programming at the "Television Service." Goldie became the first woman to head a television production department and later became head of BBC Talks and Current Affairs. News-related programs like Tonight, Monitor, Panorama, and the highly controversial That Was the Week That Was were projects headed by Goldie and her staff. As early as I937, Grace Wynd­ham Goldie had written that television had a decided advantage over radio as a broadcast medium. She wrote, "Television has a vividness which you cannot get from radio broadcasting and a combination of reality and intimacy which you cannot get from cinema." She further exemplified her excitement over television's possibilities when she told members of Parliament that television was "a bomb about to burst" shortly after her appointment to the Television Service. 

As a rule, the Television Service had not offered news programming to its audiences. Then director­ general of the BBC, Sir William Haley did not believe that television was a good enough medium for news. Prime Minister Clement Attlee disliked television in general, as did Sir John Reith, grand architect of the BBC. Before Goldie's influence, the only televised offering was Television Newsreel, which began broadcasting after World War II. The program relied upon the style of the cinema newsreels, a format moviegoing Britons were familiar with. Since the programs were not topical, the same show would repeat weekly. Goldie's subsequent decisions on news content and focus often tested the Service's relationship with manage­ment, Parliament, the prime minister, and audiences.

Goldie is remembered for her initiation of the first televised General Elections. Election broadcasts had begun on radio in 1924, but the BBC had determined parties were not interested in using television. In February 1950 Goldie managed to convince the Television Service to let her create a program that would report election results as they came in. She worked closely with future BBC I controller Michael Peacock and well-known broadcaster Richard Dimbleby. The main presenter of the program was Chester Wilmot, who had come from radio. For commentary on the overall process, Grace Wyndham Goldie relied upon Oxford academic R.B. McCallum who had written a book on the 1945 election. In an era when the government regulated television's hours of broadcasting, the elections became one of the few occasions when Britons had overnight to breakfast-time television.

With increased immigration from the West Indies after World War II, race was rapidly becoming a major social issue in England. In response to this timely issue, Goldie organized a series of "Race Programs" for the BBC in 1952. The first program in the series would study scientific misconceptions about racial differences. The presenter of the program, Ritchie Calder, would interview scientists conducting anthropological research in Africa. The program entitled "The Scientists Look at Race" included examinations of "Jews, Negroes, Latins, and Ayrians, the Island race (British) and European (as opposed to non-European)." As with other aspects of Goldie's career, the program was highly controversial.

In 1953 Her Majesty the Queen was intrigued by the idea of televising her coronation, against the wishes of the cabinet. Goldie oversaw the project. In this same year, Goldie began a program in which journalists interviewed leading politicians, called the Press Conference. Cabinet ministers had to get permission from the prime minister to appear on it. Another program called Panorama appeared in the schedules, featuring some political discussions in between arts reviews. Critics panned the program, yet the Press Conference featured a "who's who" of politicians and newsmakers.

Near the end of 1956, the government ended the practice of blanking television screens between six and seven every evening so that parents could put their children to bed (the "Toddler's Truce"). In February 1957 Goldie used this time slot to launch Tonight. Hosted by Cliff Michelmore, Tonight came on at ten to seven every weekday evening and soon developed an audience of 8 million viewers. On Sunday, February 2, 1958, another Grace Wyndham Goldie news program went on the air, Monitor. The program, which relied heavily upon filmed interviews and documentaries, employed neophyte film directors like John Schlesinger, Ken Russell, and others.

Though Goldie retired in 1965, she continued to serve the BBC as Special Advisor to the Director of Television. As a vanguard of public information, she was often a harsh critic of contemporary television programming. In two newspaper articles published in 1967, Goldie assailed the docudrama genre (aka documentary drama form). Her principal concern was that audiences would blur the lines between factual events and melodrama. She especially targeted the family drama Cathy Come Home that addressed mothers on public assistance.

In 1973 the 27th British Film Awards awarded Goldie with an Academy Fellowship based upon her service and commitment to the field. In 1977 Goldie published the book Facing the Nation Television & Politics 1936-76. The work is considered to be an excellent "insider's look" at the Service and underscores Goldie's commitment to public information. Goldie also continued to serve as a member of the Association of Charity Affairs for the United Kingdom.

Shortly after her death in 1986, the BBC established a trust fund in her name. The fund offers financial assistance to those who have worked in radio or television, and his or her dependents. The largest grants pay a portion of children's education costs, including travel, school books, and clothing.