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Myeni jones speaking to me from lagos in nigeria. for the end of this edition of unspun world, ive come to the bbc media city in salford, near manchester, where were celebrating the bbc�*s 100th anniversary, 100 years of entertaining people, educating them and informing them notjust in britain but right around the world. when i started out as a bbc foreign correspondent in the early seventies, the bbc was a middle ranking broadcaster, dwarfed by the vast american networks. significant, perhaps...

Tapping into these old resentments on social media and also in some traditional media, and encouraging people to look at it as a new type of partner, a partner that wont make any demands of these african countries when it comes to true rights abuses. well try and tell them how to live their lives, but well treat them as equals and well deliver the kind of security resolve that has been asking for, for years. myeni jones speaking to me from lagos in nigeria. for the end of this edition of unspun ...

Of the moment. this week, britains political and economic crisis entered a new and even more difficult phase, and so did the war in ukraine. all of this has rather overshadowed the already slightly muted celebration of the bbc�*s 100th anniversary, which falls this week. in october 1922 the bbc started up, and quite soon became the worlds most famous and respected public service broadcaster operating from its headquarters here in central london. and london is where our programme starts this we...

Years of charles and diana. and we do see a glimpse of sirjohn major. and there is a scene imagining a conversation between the former prime minister and the then prince charles, which sirjohn suggests they discussed the queens abdication. it is, he says, nonsense. a view echoed by someone who got to know the prince well during those years, broadcaster and royal biographer, jonathan dimbleby. it is inconceivable that he would have suggested to the prime minister of the day that one way or anothe...

About legendary radio. i used to set my watch by the pips. my favourite pip is always the last one. lara watches tv with friends. i guess the idea is were not actually meant to be in the same place. and in the quest for greener energy, omar discovers a tasteless fluid called water. it goes in your mouth and then disappears? today we are literally stepping into history. we are at alexandra palace and this place has seen it all. thats the studio in there. 2022 marks 100 years of the bbc. goodness ...

>> rachel: a superstar. >> brian: a broadcaster who knows the issues inside and out and had a tough primary that they said, well, by the time she got done she will not be a shot in the general. now its a dead heat. i watched yesterday because one thing i did not agree with her on, would you accept an election if you lose? she will not answer that question and i dont know why she would not answer that question. you have to accept if you lose. integrity is there, bring it up and dont wait until af...

The iopc said its thoughts and sympathies remain with the family. but says it has no indication that officers breached police professional standards or committed a criminal offence. the river thames has more microplastics than any other river in the world. the charity, thames 21, says it pulls 200 tonnes of plastic from the river every year. scientists believe tiny pieces break down and enter the food chain. several london locations made famous by the bbc are featured on a new map thats been rel...

He was the first voice ever broadcast on the bbc in 1922. however, when it comes to the idea of using the airwaves for entertainment, there was another pioneer. one of my favourites, hilda matheson, whos also a character in the book im doing. 100 years on, i went to meet the comedian paul kerensa, whos created a show about arthur and his rather more entertaining rival. who actually was the first real radio broadcaster, who did what we understand as a radio programme? well, i think youve got to l...

Two former heads of the SABC, Hlaudi Motsoeneng and James Aguma, have absolved themselves of any wrongdoing which led to R2.8bn in cumulative irregular expenditure at the public broadcaster.

A Pike County broadcaster was recently awarded the prestigious Kentucky Broadcasters Association’s Kentucky Mic Hall of Fame award.