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Inside TV - Future - Future-proofing the BBC

TV must change with the times

Published: 22 June 2008

The Authority - Bad idea, good timing?

Ofcom puts a quango out of its misery

Published: 8 April 2008

Ident - Contemporary - The Corporation at Christmas - BBC2

BBC2 Christmas Idents, 2002 - Present

Published: 9 March 2008

Ident - Contemporary - The Corporation at Christmas - Intro

BBC TV Christmas Idents, 2002 - Present

Published: 11 February 2008

Ident - Contemporary - The Corporation at Christmas - BBC1

BBC1 Christmas Idents, 2002 - Present

Published: 11 February 2008

Third Programme - Selling off the BBC

Outsourcing is not privatisation

Published: 8 January 2008

Third Programme - Bias at the Beeb?

Has the BBC lost its way?

Published: 2 September 2007

Baird - It was 60 years ago today…

1946: The BBC Television Service re-opens.

Published: 3 November 2006

Baird - Children's air

Younger television viewers of the early 1950s had their very own startup

Published: 1 March 2006

Baird - The edit that rewrote history

Exploding the myth of TV's 1939 closedown

Published: 31 October 2005

Newsdesk - Blame it on the weathermap

Scotland is too far away

Published: 3 June 2005

Newsdesk - From Newsreel to News 24

50 years of BBC Television News

Published: 1 September 2004

Ident - Contemporary - All or nothing

The BBC3 logo that comes and goes

Published: 24 May 2004

Ident - Contemporary - Everybody Dance Now

A positive view of BBC One's globe replacement

Published: 24 May 2004

Ident - History - Back down to Earth

Goodbye to the BBC One globe

Published: 24 May 2004

Ident - History - CBBC Circle

How to brand output for children

Published: 24 May 2004

Baird - The fools return to the hill

The politics behind television's post-war return

Published: 18 March 2004

GeoHistory - First Reports

Television comes to the BBC

Published: 1 January 2004

Baird - Oh, that Symbol...

Abram Games creates the first animated TV identity

Published: 1 December 2003

Baird - Television is coming back

1946 - and BBC Television makes plans after the war

Published: 23 August 2003

Baird - The London Television Station

Take a tour of Alexandra Palace

Published: 9 July 2003

Baird - The opening of the BBC Television Service

The BBC Television Service opens - twice

Published: 3 July 2003

Baird - The fools on the hill

The BBC embraces television - and a new service is born

Published: 13 March 2003

Inside TV - History - Choice Gets Going

Jonathan Bufton says farewell to the least-loved BBC network

Published: 1 March 2003

Baird - Baird versus the BBC

JLB pioneers television - but John Reith needs convincing

Published: 10 February 2003

Newsdesk - A better News 24

The government wants a better BBC News 24.

Published: 1 January 2003

Bitstream - Satellite - Breaking free

Getting away from Sky and going free-to-air

Published: 1 January 2003

Bitstream - Satellite - Your choice

The lack of choice on BBC Choice and the coming of BBC Three

Published: 1 January 2003

Ident - Contemporary - The anti-globes

Can dancing be as good as the whole world?

Published: 1 June 2002

Newsdesk - Newsround Past

Take a journey back to the early days

Published: 2 April 2002

Newsdesk - Newsround Present

Newsround in the 21st Century

Published: 1 April 2002

Newsdesk - Boom-banga-bong

BBC News is better than ITN

Published: 1 January 2002

Newsdesk - Liquid gold

The origins of the BBC's Liquid News

Published: 1 January 2002

Newsdesk - Seeing Red

The colour of news has changed

Published: 1 January 2002

Newsdesk - News makes news

Sky vs BBC

Published: 1 January 2002

Newsdesk - First reports

The new look of BBC local news.

Published: 1 January 2002

Inside TV - History - A good breakfast

David Hastings looks at the launch of breakfast television

Published: 1 January 2002

Newsdesk - The colour of news

A new news for London

Published: 1 December 2001

Newsdesk - Disaster recovery

The BBC goes on after the bomb

Published: 1 July 2001

BBC Radio - Broadcasting the Bards

Welsh poetry on the air

Published: 9 March 2008

BBC Radio - Revolution at the BBC

The birth of Radios 1-4

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - One, Two, Three, Four...

The coming of Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Radio's tidal waves

Robin Carmody looks back on his Moment

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Radio 1 memories

Roddy Buxton remembers

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Past Radio 1

Recalling Radio 1

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - 40 years of Radios 1-4

Mike Brown's memories

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Radio One at 40: an appraisal

Jonathan Bufton takes stock

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Life with Radio 2

More than Sunday Lunch

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Radio 1 - love it or loathe it

A love/hate relationship

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Inform, educate, entertain

Radio 4: a personal history

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - A Musical Learning Curve

Radio One at 40

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Radio Two: A personal memoir

Kirk Northrop surprises himself

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Radio recall

Growing up with Radios 1 & 2

Published: 3 October 2007

BBC Radio - Stop The Week

Anatomy of a popular radio series

Published: 1 June 2007

BBC Radio - The Many Lives of BBC Radio Sport

Glenn Aylett looks at sports coverage since 1945

Published: 9 April 2007

Livewire - BBC National Radio

Listen live to national BBC radio on your PC

Published: 20 December 2006

BBC Radio - Just for you

The recent history of Radio 2, and its change from "Radio Grim Reaper" to being the most popular station on the dial.

Published: 1 January 2005

BBC Radio - Turbulent 1

Another revolution at Radio One

Published: 1 January 2004

BBC Radio - Forces of Light

How the Light Programme was shaped by the wartime Forces and General Forces programmes

Published: 15 December 2003

BBC Radio - The cull of Radio 1

A revolution at BBC Radio One throws out the old and rings in the new - in public and painfully

Published: 1 December 2003

BBC Radio - No ads please - we're British

Advertising guru Charles Higham warns against commercial radio... in 1933

Published: 30 November 2003

BBC Radio - Out of the Light 1

The changeover between the Light Programme and Radios 1 and 2 wasn't easy

Published: 29 November 2003

BBC Radio - Out of the Light 2

Radio Two tries to find an identity after two decades under the shadow of its younger sibling

Published: 28 November 2003

BBC Radio - A local service

The BBC had tough decisions to make in the choice of direction for establishing a service.

Published: 1 January 2003

BBC Radio - A new lease of life

The Second World War had forced a change in priority for the BBC.

Published: 1 January 2003

BBC Radio - Once upon a time...

A prehistory of British broadcasting

Published: 1 January 2002

BBC Radio - BBC plans for Radio 247

The Daily Mail explains the BBC's plans

Published: 12 August 1966

TV Heroes - Verity Lambert

Dr Who's first producer dies

Published: 22 June 2008

TV Heroes - Christopher Price

Television presenter and newsreader

Published: 1 January 2003

TV Heroes - Sir Hugh Carleton Greene

BBC Director-General

Published: 1 January 2001

TV Heroes - Richard Dimbleby

BBC presenter

Published: 1 January 2001