Antonia White looks at the BBC in 1939 and 1940
A brief account of its engineering aspects
1928-2017
Exploring the BBC in 1938
TBS editor David Heathcote tells the story of his life in and out of broadcasting
The story of the BBC at war
Granada's first year
1940-2018
A six-part explanation of BBC policy in 1971
Baird's wife recalls life with her husband
1935-2009
Keith Waterhouse of the Daily Mirror's Spotlight on the Future of Television published in 1958
A history of the BBC from 1930
The the first Director-General of the Independent Television Authority on how to make television special
The measurement and transmission of time signals by the BBC
ITV in the North East: 1959-2002
22 September 2023
ITV is two years old today. The managing directors celebrate, as does Associated-Rediffusion
8 September 2023
This new ‘television’ idea is getting popular, but how does it work?
28 July 2023
Two years on, how well is Europe sticking to the wavelengths agreed at Lucerne?
30 June 2023
How the new VHF-FM broadcasting system will benefit you – and how to tune in
16 June 2023
The BBC gets its response to the Pilkington Committee in early
19 May 2023
Is the BBC fit for the hard work of covering the Coronation? And does it cost too much?
10 March 2023
Radio is sweeping Japan, with 1.4m registered listeners
24 February 2023
Where does the responsibility lie for presenting violent or permissive material to a wide audience in the home environment?
10 February 2023
A detailed technical explanation of how Germany’s landline networking is monitored and supervised
27 January 2023
The technical side to getting television to your home… and to the transmitter
15 January 2023
An in-depth look at the Lucerne Plan for radio wavelengths in Europe in 1933
7 October 2022
The roving eye of the television camera can get anywhere these days, bringing sport and pageantry directly to your home
30 September 2022
After 10 years, the BBC’s radio networks have started to drift. Here’s how they’re going to be put back on track
22 September 2022
You probably can’t get the newly launched commercial television yet, but here’s how it works
22 September 2022
The franchise results are in. What will this mean for ITV in the 1980s?
1 July 2022
The BBC’s new programme Breakfast Time has launched and the staff newspaper is full of praise
24 June 2022
A look at the pre-history of Gerry Anderson and puppets on television
17 June 2022
A look around the BBC Television Centre as the first studio programme goes out and a party is thrown
3 June 2022
I HAVE been asked to set down some thoughts on conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and I am happy and willing to do so since it allows listeners to…
20 May 2022
Lord Hill is suddenly moved from the ITA to the BBC – to the horror of the staff at Broadcasting House
6 May 2022
Looking back at the first ten years of technical developments at the BBC
4 March 2022
Photographs and short biographies of fifty BBC announcers and news-readers
18 February 2022
Welcome to the future and your new ONdigital digibox
4 February 2022
A personal recollection of organising a most ambitious television link-up
21 January 2022
Television comes to the Midlands in 1949 and here’s all you need to know about the new Sutton Coldfield transmitter
10 December 2021
The BBC’s Civil Engineer describes how the new Television Centre in London’s Shepherd’s Bush will look
26 November 2021
Behind the scenes as the news gets to Television House and from there to your home
12 November 2021
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
2 November 2021
Leslie Mitchell remembers the run-up to the launch of the BBC Television Service
15 October 2021
The new ITV contracts are announced, to mixed reviews from the Daily Mirror
22 September 2021
Behind the scenes of that new ‘Independent Television’ you’ve heard so much about
3 September 2021
Unusual audience research as the BBC goes direct to the forces in France to ask them what they’d like to hear on the radio