How the BBC established a national timetable for our daylight hours
From the news to Housewives' Choice, time signals were crucial to the early days of BBC radio, and our own daily structure
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From the news to Housewives' Choice, time signals were crucial to the early days of BBC radio, and our own daily structure
In a video shared yesterday, titled '100 seconds of BBC News going wrong', the broadcaster poked fun at itself with a blooper-reel showing its unintentionally amusing moments.
The public broadcaster that is known by billions of people across the world was formed on this day as a private organisation in 1922. Above: The Morecombe and Wise Christmas special in 1972.
My grandmother described the IRA as ‘our lads’. And yet, at Christmas — as well as the Pope’s urbi et orbi address — she would listen reverently to the queen’s broadcast
This refurbished pub in central London looks glorious and has a sophisticated menu to match (well, mostly)