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Published 12 December 2022
A look behind the scenes of the Light Programme’s major news bulletin
Published 5 December 2022
The presentation control room and the announcers move from Ally Pally to Lime Grove
Published 2 December 2022
Part two of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 25 November 2022
Part one of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 14 November 2022
The chairman of the BBC looks back at 60 years of broadcasting
Published 14 November 2022
The BBC celebrates 60 years with a round-up of important dates and photographs
Published 14 November 2022
A run-through of the history of the BBC World Service
Published 4 November 2022
BBCtv uses more feet of film each year than Hollywood
Published 10 October 2022
In an age before Google, one of the most vital parts of the BBC was its reference libraries
Published 23 September 2022
The BBC’s chief engineer talks shortwave listeners through the best aerials and automatic volume controls for hearing the BBC Empire Service
Published 18 September 2022
Behind the scenes photographs of the BBC’s biggest OB
Published 16 September 2022
Giving the BBC’s wavelengths to commercial radio doesn’t create competition, it just makes a different monopoly, says Ian Trethowan
Published 15 August 2022
BBC Technical Information maps of VHF and MW transmitters
Published 25 July 2022
The BBC helps set up a new broadcaster… in the middle of a hurricane
Published 22 July 2022
The BBC tests NTSC colour on 405-lines for the benefit of MPs
Published 8 July 2022
As Richard Baker retires from newsreading in 1982, Ariel looks back at his BBC career
Published 1 July 2022
The BBC’s new programme Breakfast Time has launched and the staff newspaper is full of praise
Published 30 June 2022
Meet the man whose laidback style belies his nose for hard news
Published 17 June 2022
A look around the BBC Television Centre as the first studio programme goes out and a party is thrown
Published 16 June 2022
The 50th anniversary of the BBC Empire Service is marked by a look at how it was established
Published 10 June 2022
Behind the scenes of a vital but barely known part of the External Services
Published 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…
Published 2 June 2022
What do we do when a programme over-runs? Fade it out, or run everything else late?
Published 27 May 2022
The life of a floor manager in BBCtv is a tough one…
Published 25 May 2022
A 1996 leaflet extolling the virtues of our BBC
Published 20 May 2022
Lord Hill is suddenly moved from the ITA to the BBC – to the horror of the staff at Broadcasting House
Published 18 May 2022
A look at BBCtv programmes for children in 1951
Published 14 May 2022
Television prepares for its greatest triumph, to reach out beyond the frontiers of Europe and bring you instantaneous sights and sounds from six different countries
Published 6 May 2022
Looking back at the first ten years of technical developments at the BBC
Published 29 April 2022
The head of Children’s Television at the BBC explains why kids are drawn to the medium
Published 21 April 2022
With the outbreak of war, the BBC Empire Service announcers move from anonymity to the impersonation-avoiding limelight
Published 15 April 2022
A trip to Kingswood Warren to see how the BBC Research Department is keeping ahead of technological developments
Published 11 April 2022
A visit to the Scenery Block – the first part of the new BBC Television Centre
Published 1 April 2022
The BBC listens to the enemy whilst also undermining them
Published 28 March 2022
Going very much behind the scenes to meet the women who clean the BBCtv studios
Published 25 March 2022
The BBC serves the Home Front – from replacing bombed-out schools to playing music while you work
Published 18 March 2022
The BBC makes the transition from peacetime to war – and war comes to Broadcasting House