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Broadcasting in Britain: The Formative Years

Published 25 November 2022

Part one of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain

From a novelty to part of the British way of life

Published 14 November 2022

The chairman of the BBC looks back at 60 years of broadcasting

The original radiophone

Published 20 June 2022

Before the BBC, there was the Electrophone

Wireless joke scares many listeners

Published 13 May 2022

Panic on the streets of London… or not

Goodbye to Savoy Hill

Published 19 March 2021

As the BBC gets ready to move from Savoy Hill to Broadcasting House in 1932, the staff look back at the old headquarters

The old BBC: the press, the Crawford Committee and the end

Published 10 February 2017

Part seven of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company

The old BBC: entering the last year

Published 3 February 2017

Part six of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company

The old BBC: material changes and programme developments

Published 27 January 2017

Part five of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company

The old BBC: early progress and expansion

Published 20 January 2017

Part four of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company

The old BBC: early difficulties and the Sykes Committee

Published 13 January 2017

Part three of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company

The old BBC: the beginning

Published 6 January 2017

Part two of our series remembering the British Broadcasting Company

The old BBC: 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