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Radio 1's oldest listener looks back on a life tuning in to the wireless.
A note on ‘Music While You Work’
The 1945 BBC Yearbook looks back at a quiet success of the war: Music While You Work
The new look in radio
Frank Gillard in 1964 on the launch of the BBC Music Programme and the realignment of the BBC's three radio networks
Broadcasting House
The opening of the new Broadcasting House in 1932 is celebrated in our new microsite detailing its design and construction
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How they put sport into Saturday’s Grandstand
The behind-the-scenes chaos that translates to a professional on-screen programme
Radio on the move
It’s all change for BBC radio as the national networks move frequencies as part of a Europe-wide reorganisation
Another chance to see… The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club
From the North, variety and stand-up comedy
No Damage So Far, But We Must Learn to Live with Commercial Television
ITV is here. Will it kill the cinema?
Announcing Ray Moore
Ray Moore gets a job at Granada, and at Tyne Tees, parlays that into a job at ATV and then makes the jump to the BBC
Stars and wipes
A series of Associated-Rediffusion video dramas make their way on to ABC in the United States
The ITA transmitter network
Comparative maps of VHF and UHF coverage from the Independent Television Authority
Marconi mobile television
In city, town or country, Marconi Outside Broadcast equipment is the toast of 1954
Broadcasting House
The opening of the new Broadcasting House in 1932 is celebrated in our new microsite detailing its design and construction
The Optimist
A thought to be lost early Channel 4 comedy on DVD? Yes please!
Grampian at 60
The diamond jubilee of the station from the very north
Auf Wiedersehen, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Production values have changed… for the better?