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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
Published 20 October 2016
Construction is well underway of the BBC’s new Broadcasting House in 1931
Published 8 October 2016
David Heathcote tells the story of his life in and out of broadcasting
Published 22 August 2016
The BBC’s senior engineer explains how they broadcast the 1948 London Olympics
Published 18 August 2016
The BBC Year-book of 1931 explains how a King’s speech was heard around the world
Published 7 February 2016
A look at what was on the BBC’s radio networks on Monday 7 February 1938
Published 27 January 2016
Holocaust Memorial Day: the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby describes entering the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945
Published 21 November 2015
A look at what was on BBCtv on Monday 21 November 1966
Published 21 October 2015
A look at what was on the BBC Television Service on 21 October 1960
Published 8 October 2015
The Director-General steps in and bans broadcast of a docudrama
Published 18 November 2014
When it was suggested recently that the BBC’s current affairs division could somehow be separated completely and turned into a commercial entity, the mere thought of this certainly produced a…
Published 18 August 2014
From 1967, the BBC gives instructions on how to use the new colour testcard
Published 15 June 2014
A BBC leaflet sent out with paper licences in 1982 gives us an outline of its history, organisation and policy