The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

By Paul Kerensa

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Brilliant radio history
 Mar 21, 2021
Great independent history of the Beeb. Hidden gems in every episode

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100 Years of the BBC, Radio and Life as We Know It. Be informed, educated and entertained by the amazing true story of radio’s forgotten pioneers. With host Paul Kerensa, great guests and rare archive from broadcasting’s golden era. Original music by Will Farmer. www.paulkerensa.com/oldradio

Episode Date
#085 The Earliest BBC Recording and The First Monarch On Air
Apr 23, 2024
#084 Women's Hour on the BBC: 1923-24
Apr 10, 2024
#083 The Launch of Savoy Hill: The BBC's New Home, 1 May 1923
Mar 25, 2024
#082 The BBC at Marconi House: 14-11-1922 to 30-04-1923
Mar 02, 2024
#081 The Pips at 100! A Brief History of Time at the BBC
Feb 05, 2024
#080 SPECIAL: The First Religious Broadcast: Re-enacted
Dec 25, 2023
#079 Three More Authors: Doctor Who | R4 Sunday | Radio 1+2
Dec 11, 2023
#078 Three Authors on Broadcasting History: Love | Films | Education
Nov 21, 2023
#077 Loose Ends 2: 1920’s SS Victorian to 1980’s Tardis via Frank Milligan
Oct 17, 2023
#076 Radio Times at 100 - Part 2
Sep 28, 2023
#075 (The) Radio Times at 100 - Part 1
Sep 26, 2023
#074 The BBC and Music: from Percy Pitt to Johnny Beerling
Sep 14, 2023
#073 Comedy on Air: Hysterical History from The Co-Optimists to Bottom
Aug 26, 2023
#072 The First Radio Dramatist: The Truth about Phyllis Twigg
Aug 10, 2023
#071 Yesteryear in Parliament: The BBC vs The Government, April 1923
Jul 07, 2023
#070 The Press vs the BBC vs the Govt: 1923 + 2023
Jun 23, 2023
#069 Children’s Hour to Bedtime Hour: Uncles, Aunts and Iggle Piggle
May 26, 2023
#068 Major Arthur Corbett-Smith: Reith’s Rival
May 12, 2023
#067 SPECIAL: A Brief History of Coronation Broadcasts
May 03, 2023
#066 The BBC’s News, Weather and SOS Broadcasts of March 1923
Apr 15, 2023
#065 A Brief History of the BBC’s Archives
Apr 03, 2023
#064 Farewell Magnet House, Hello... Laundry Baskets? + Jeffrey Holland
Mar 16, 2023
#063 Glasgow 5SC: The BBC Launches in Scotland
Mar 06, 2023
#062 Radio’s First Political Debate... and Reeta Chakrabarti
Feb 22, 2023
#061 The BBC’s Listings Ban... and Gareth Gwynn’s Ministry of Happiness
Feb 11, 2023
#060 A History of Religious Broadcasting: 100 Years of God on the Beeb
Jan 28, 2023
#059 100 Years in 100 Minutes, part 3 (1988-2022)
Dec 30, 2022
#058 100 Years in 100 Minutes, part 2 (1955-87)
Dec 11, 2022
#057 100 Years in 100 Minutes, part 1 (1922-54)
Nov 14, 2022
#056 BBC100, Poetry Please?... and Roger Bolton
Nov 05, 2022
#055 The First Shakespeare on the BBC (pt 1) + Happy BBCentenary! (also pt1)
Oct 17, 2022
#054 The First Welsh Broadcast... and The Exhibitionists!
Oct 03, 2022
#053 SPECIAL: Radio as Propaganda in WW2... plus Peter Eckersley & Hilda Matheson
Sep 13, 2022
#052 SPECIAL: Auntie’s War - with Edward Stourton
Aug 30, 2022
#051 SPECIAL: Early Black British Broadcasters - with Stephen Bourne
Aug 08, 2022
#050 Hilda Matheson and the Radio Girls of Savoy Hill - with Sarah-Jane Stratford
Jul 25, 2022
#049 It’s That Man Again! Peter Eckersley - 1st BBC Chief Engineer
Jul 09, 2022
#048 Daimler, 5MG and 2BP: The In-Car Radios of 1923
Jun 22, 2022
#047 ”Hark, The Engine’s Failing”: The Closedown of 2MT Writtle
Jun 03, 2022
#046 Justin Webb on Leonard Crocombe... and January 1923
May 09, 2022
#045 2ZY Manchester and 5IT Birmingham Calling... with Jude Montague
Apr 14, 2022
#044 Hanso Idzerda and The Dutch Concerts - with Gordon Bathgate
Mar 17, 2022
#043 The First Outside Broadcast: A Night at the Opera!
Mar 02, 2022
#042 Drops Mic, Drops Callsign
Feb 09, 2022
#041 The BBC’s First Female Employee: Isobel Shields
Jan 22, 2022
#040 New Year 1923, Magnet House: ”Pandemonium Reigned!”
Jan 01, 2022
#039 SPECIAL: The Twelve Airplays of Christmas (with Ben Baker)
Dec 18, 2021
#038 SPECIAL: What Marconi Thought of Broadcasting... + 1920s ads
Dec 02, 2021
#037 SPECIAL: The Prehistory of the BBC (extended cut)
Nov 14, 2021
#036 Out with the Old: The First BBC New Year’s Eve
Oct 31, 2021
#035 Reith Begins!
Oct 07, 2021
#034 Newcastle‘s Christmas Launch: Let It 5NO, Let It 5NO, Let It 5NO!
Sep 15, 2021
#033 The First Couple of Marconi House: December 1922
Aug 23, 2021
#032 The Licence Fee Problem... of 1922
Aug 06, 2021
#031 The Hunt for BBC Premises, Burrows vs Marconi + Prof Gabriele Balbi
Jul 21, 2021
#030 The First BBC Staff: Reith, Burrows, Lewis, Anderson, White (+ David Hamilton)
Jun 30, 2021
#029 The First Listings: from Norman Long to Neville Chamberlain
Jun 10, 2021
#028 The First BBC Entertainers... and Lee Mack
May 24, 2021
#027 Season 2 Trailer (aka Season 1 Recap)
May 15, 2021
#026 Percy Edgar - BBC and the Midlands from Day 2 to 1948
Apr 21, 2021
#025 SPECIAL: Part 2 of 1922‘s Parliamentary Broadcasting Debates
Mar 30, 2021
#024 SPECIAL: Part 1 of 1922‘s Parliamentary Broadcasting Debates
Mar 22, 2021
#023 Gertrude Donisthorpe: Britain‘s 1st DJ?
Mar 12, 2021
#022 SPECIAL: Capt H.J. Round, a speech from Dec 1952
Feb 17, 2021
#021 Loose Ends (with Gareth Jones)
Jan 22, 2021
#020 The First BBC Christmas: From Carols to Kings
Dec 16, 2020
#019 Day 2 of the BBC: Our Friends in the North
Dec 07, 2020
#018 The First BBC Broadcast: "Hullo, Hullo!"
Nov 14, 2020
#017 The Eve of the BBC: A Partly Political Broadcast
Nov 06, 2020
#016 Live at the Apo2LO: Our 1st Broadcast Comedian
Oct 29, 2020
#015 John Reith: Mastermind
Oct 09, 2020
#014 1922's British Wireless Exhibition: Tomorrow's World
Sep 22, 2020
#013 Inform, Educate, Entertain: Have I Got News For You?
Sep 10, 2020
#012 The Pre-BBC 6/Music, part 2: 1 BBC
Aug 31, 2020
#011 The Pre-BBC 6/Music, part 1: 2 BBCs
Aug 23, 2020
#010 2ZY Manchester: Are You Sitting Comfortably? (with Chris Jarvis)
Jul 29, 2020
#009 2LO London Calling
Jul 20, 2020
#008 2MT Writtle: Radio Active
Jul 13, 2020
#007 Peter Eckersley: 1922's Pre-Goon Goon
Jul 06, 2020
#006 William Le Queux: Power to the People
Jun 29, 2020
#005 Arthur Burrows: 1920's All-Request Pirate (with Emperor Rosko)
Jun 22, 2020
#004 Happy 100th, Radio! Melba: The Voice
Jun 15, 2020
#003 Earlier... with Winifred Sayer
Jun 11, 2020
#002 Ditcham and Round: Record Breakers
Jun 07, 2020
#001 Morse to Marconi: Pick of the Pioneers
Jun 05, 2020
#000 Trailer: The British Broadcasting Century
Jun 02, 2020