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The often-hilarious stories of the BBC's first 50 years. The corporation's pioneers describe its evolution – which was often by accident rather than design.

Genres: History
Station: BBC Two (GB)
Rating: 0/10 from 0 users
Status: Ended
Start: 2022-10-22

How the BBC Began Air Dates

Saturday
Oct 22, 2022

18:00
S01E01 - Accident and Opportunity Air Date: Oct 22, 2022 18:00 - 3 years ago

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The 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.

Presenter James Burke tells how the Queen Mother helped to shape the BBC's coverage of one Apollo space mission. BBC executive Sir Huw Wheldon describes the tension of producing Sir Winston Churchill's one appearance on television. And June Spencer, famous for her role as Peggy in The Archers, shows the letter she received from a listener who was worried that she didn't know about her unmarried daughter's pregnancy.

Saturday
Oct 29, 2022

18:00
S01E02 - Building the Audience Air Date: Oct 29, 2022 18:00 - 3 years ago

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BBC Television's first female newsreader, Nan Winton, tells the story of how she was sacked because the editor preferred men to read the news. That editor, Michael Peacock, describes his shame at the whole episode.

Staff working in the BBC's monitoring service near Reading explain the critical role they played in defusing the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when the world was on the brink of nuclear war. And Tony Blackburn describes the alarm his new colleagues at Radio 1 felt when he said he worked without a script: it meant their morning delivery of coffee and doughnuts was under threat.

Sunday
Mar 03, 2024

21:00
S01E03 - Shooting the Rapids Air Date: Mar 03, 2024 21:00 - about a year ago

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The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history and how it handled social changes in Britain after the Second World War.

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