The technology that changed our lives, the moments that brought us together, and diverse and iconic British programmes all feature. As the government’s national archive for England, Wales and the United Kingdom, The National Archives hold over 1,000 years of the nation’s records for everyone to discover and use. Megalong Books is situated on the lands of the Darug and Gundungurra people in the beautiful Blue Mountains. The programme gathers the testimony of people such as Lord Reith’s secretary, Dorothy Singer; producers such as David Attenborough and Peter Dimmock, who brought about the television coverage of the Coronation; programme editors Paul Fox, Monica Sims and John Grist; newsreaders Richard Baker and Nan Winton; presenters including Sylvia Peters, David Dimbleby, Tony Blackburn, Denis Tuohy, John Tusa and Joan Bakewell, as well as the engineers and technicians working behind the scenes.

As the BBC celebrates 100 years since its first broadcast, Radio 2 celebrates other cultural firsts. Participants chart the BBC’s first, stuttering, attempt at rolling news on the night of President Kennedy’s assassination and the presenter James Burke tells how the Queen Mother helped to shape the BBC’s coverage of an Apollo space mission. Its a darned good read, not too hard on the grey cells, and of course, quite congratulatory, and why not, even though their current wokeness leaves me open mouthed.Natasha Raskin sharp presents today’s celebrity showdown, and experts Thomas Forrester and Chuko Ojiri will be on hand to help the Reds and the Blues choose three items to take to auction.

Its commissioning was delayed by the pandemic, so Robert spent an intensive six months writing the manuscript, which he finished in May this year. The two part feature-length documentary will look at John Reith’s launch of BBC Radio in 1922; the rapid pace of technological change which has driven editorial priorities and opened up fresh opportunities; and the changing shape of British society which has fuelled the debate over whether the national broadcaster should lead or follow new social attitudes. It is not, no more than manuscripts are principally studied by palaeographers or books are sources best left to bibliographers. El Hosaini, who says she grew up to the sound track of BBC World Service Radio, served as a script editor and production coordinator on independent documentaries before making the leap to directing her own feature films.

Conceptually, there remains a misconception that the BBC archive is primarily of interest to media historians. This is a well produced book, and I chose this for a friend who used to be a TV weatherman and is a bit of a BBC fanatic.

Reading through the book it’s interesting to be reminded of programmes that formed part of all our lives and there is an appealing array of archive photos to accompany the text. If you have any questions, require more information or if you would like more pictures, do not hesitate to get in touch. Eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s early history recount some of the triumphs and disasters as new frontiers of broadcasting were mapped out – often by accident rather than design. Among the cavalcade of joyous clips there are also some profoundly moving moments, such as when the Growing Pains feature on “Going Live inspired an abused child to seek sanctuary; and when the 1987 drama “Two of Us” helped some gay teenagers feel comfortable with their sexuality for the first time in their lives.The sale of customised goods or perishable goods, sealed audio or video recordings, or software, which has been opened. He has worked in broadcasting at the BBC for over twenty years in a range of roles, both in front of and behind the microphone/camera.