Battle of the Brows: Philip Hensher explores how the early 'culture wars' and public debates about British cultural life were played out at the BBC and beyond from the 1920s onwards. the formation of the Corporation, as radio consolidated its massive social influence and the BBC reinvented itself with a newly defined mission. If the Beatles were the poster boys for 1960s Britain, the taller and balder figure of Hugh Carleton Greene staked his own claim to having transformed British culture as Director-General. 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. Using Una’s writing, letters and her BBC personnel file, we gain a unique insight into her extraordinary life and work.

Recorded between autumn 2021 and spring 2022, the episode follows the team as they are invited to meet Charles, Prince of Wales, before his accession to the throne, and some of the students on The Prince’s Foundation’s building craft programme - a training initiative that teaches traditional skills such as blacksmithing, stonemasonry and wood carving. Recognized internationally as a trusted source of news and maker of cutting-edge documentaries and dramas, the BBC was established ? How The BBC Began is a Crux Productions and The Garden Productions film for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. In 2014, inspired by Simon Schama’s Story of the Jews, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse celebrated 50 years of BBC2 with their Story of the 2s. In celebration of its centenary, Robert Seatter presents illustrated highlights from its history – the first Prom broadcast in 1927, wartime updates, coverage of the moon landing, comedy greats, the 2012 Olympics – demonstrating the corporation’s ongoing ability to entertain and inform.

This is a book about a huge subject that starts with excuses and entirely lives down to its lmited ambitions.

Raiders of the Lost Archive: The story of the amateur collectors of past-BBC programmes which were once believed to be lost. Plus Radio 2 also marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Madonna’s first single, Everybody, in Sounds of the 80s presented by Gary Davies (Saturday 1st October). Created 100 years ago, on 18th October 1922, the BBC transformed people's lives at the turn of a dial, bringing voices out of the ether and conjuring the magic community of radio. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.A great pity it is now in meltdown and producing so much dross almost solely focussed on younger audiences but I guess all great empires crumble. The programme will track content from the very first radio broadcast of Children’s Hour in 1922, via the iconic Magic Roundabout, right through to Saturday morning megahits such as Going Live. Since the first TV chef, Marcel Boulestin, appeared on our screens in 1937, the BBC has created an abundance of iconic culinary stars, from Marguerite Patten to Ken Hom, Delia Smith to Madhur Jaffrey – enlightening, entertaining and educating the public to the widest range of global cuisines.

Work, The Spike Milligan Show, Three Plus One, Cut Off at the Fringe, Three Lumps of Cleese, Wrinkles. Antiques Roadshow is at Alexandra Palace, the birthplace of television, for this special edition programme to celebrate 100 years of broadcasting. Alongside this brilliant programming, we’ve been visiting hundreds of schools up and down the UK with our ambitious education initiative, BBC 100 Share Your Story, and audiences are continuing to uncover the story of the nation through our most extensive digital archive collection ever, BBC Rewind.These rediscovered lost gems will broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra and will be available on BBC Sounds, where they will add to the considerable archive already available. For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). 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.

As the BBC celebrates 100 years since its first broadcast, Radio 2 celebrates other cultural firsts. Other specials include Doctor Who, where the Thirteenth Doctor must fight her deadliest enemies; Top Gear where Freddy, Chris and Paddy motor back to the 1920s; and Antiques Roadshow featuring a range of amazing TV memorabilia and the star of the BBC’s testcard.That was Britain AND the BBC: sometimes ahead of the game, sometimes reflecting conservative social norms. From his time directing BBC classics like Cathy Come Home and Up The Junction to more contemporary fare like I, Daniel Blake - Loach has a deep association with the Corporation and has helped to define and re-define the British television and cinema landscape. We find out why the Queen’s Coronation made you the most popular house on the street, if you had a telly, and how the launch night of BBC2 went awry, with not only a power cut, but also an escaped kangaroo.