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On November 14, 1922, the clipped tones of the BBC's director of programmes, Arthur Burrows, crackled across the airwaves.
Our series on the most defining moments of the BBC kicks off in the 1920s with a Churchill broadside, quadrant-based football commentary and a mid-broadcast collapse
David Hendy marks the centenary of the BBC with a comprehensive history that offers some warnings for our own ABC.
<p>David Hendy's book was built on complete access to BBC archives, but a reviewer finds that it's long on bureaucratic history and short on analysis of the programming that made the Beeb a national institution. </p>
A conscientious account of the corporation’s first 100 years focuses on boardroom politics at the expense of brilliant programme-making