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Published 31 July 2019
A look at what was on BBC radio on Friday 31 July 1964
Published 8 October 2018
It’s 1949 and regional radio from the BBC Home Service is at its height. Our new special site reprints a BBC West of England booklet going behind the scenes of radio in the west and south west
Published 12 September 2018
A look at what was on the BBC on Tuesday 12 September 1939
Published 12 July 2018
The Guardian mourns the closure of the BBC Albanian Service in 1967
Published 4 June 2018
Lord Hill of Luton on ending the Toddlers’ Truce and handing £750,000 to ITV
Published 24 May 2018
The ‘girls’ who keep the BBC’s four northern local radio stations on air in 1968
Published 7 May 2018
Inside the hit BBC National Programme series ‘In Town To-night’, from 1935
Published 19 March 2018
Sir Hugh Carleton Greene’s valedictory message to the BBC and the audience after he was pushed out as Director-General in late 1968
Published 6 March 2018
Ice hockey on the radio propels Stewart MacPherson from the press office at the Wembley Pool into a career with the BBC
Published 25 February 2018
Dirty Feed has a great examination of the changes between the script and the production of 1965 Dennis Potter’s ‘Stand Up, Nigel Barton’ play
Published 25 September 2017
A look at what’s popular and how popularity is measured from the BBC in 1961
Published 9 August 2017
Broadcaster Freddy Grisewood’s story of the BBC at war – part 3
Published 3 August 2017
Broadcaster Freddy Grisewood’s story of the BBC at war – part 2
Published 28 July 2017
Broadcaster Freddy Grisewood’s story of the BBC at war – part 1
Published 24 July 2017
A report wonders if children’s television is good for 1959’s children
Published 5 June 2017
Why didn’t the government take over the running of the BBC in 1940?
Published 1 June 2017
By-ways of the BBC: the output of Maida Vale, St George’s Hall and beyond in 1938 [7/9]
Published 25 May 2017
By-ways of the BBC: the output of Broadcasting House in 1938 [6/9]
Published 22 May 2017
BBC-2 is on its way to the north of England. This 1965 leaflet tells you all you need to know about receiving it
Published 18 May 2017
By-ways of the BBC: the school in Broadcasting House in 1938 [5/9]
Published 12 May 2017
Ray Moore opens and closes the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest for BBC Radio 2
Published 11 May 2017
By-ways of the BBC: the first floor of Broadcasting House in 1938 [4/9]
Published 5 May 2017
By-ways of the BBC: the basements of Broadcasting House in 1938 [3/9]
Published 27 April 2017
By-ways of the BBC: walking into Broadcasting House in 1938 [2/9]
Published 21 April 2017
By-ways of the BBC: an introduction to Broadcasting House in 1938 [1/9]
Published 13 April 2017
The 1945 BBC Yearbook looks back at a quiet success of the war: Music While You Work
Published 3 March 2017
BBC Newsnight on the Peacock Report in 1986, which recommends ITV franchises go to the highest bidder and BBC Radios 1 and 2 are sold
Published 10 February 2017
Part seven of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company
Published 3 February 2017
Part six of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company
Published 27 January 2017
Part five of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company
Published 23 January 2017
The former editor of the Daily Herald decides what is public service broadcasting and whether the BBC manages to produce it
Published 20 January 2017
Part four of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company
Published 16 January 2017
The BBC in 1986 details what went wrong with the planned BBC/IBA satellite service
Published 13 January 2017
Part three of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company
Published 6 January 2017
Part two of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company
Published 1 January 2017
The first part of our special series remembering the British Broadcasting Company, 90 years after it became today’s BBC
Published 29 December 2016
The Radio Times explains how the BBC used to go looking for advice
Published 17 December 2016
The Radio Times explains the technical achievements in building the Sutton Coldfield transmitter in 1949
Published 17 November 2016
The BBC Handbook for 1961 celebrates the opening of the first studio at Television Centre