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How the Christmas royal broadcast evolved – from the first reluctant monarch to an enduring queen and a new king

On Christmas Day, many in the UK will pause their festivities at 3pm to watch King Charles give his Christmas message – his second since his mother, Queen Elizabeth, died in September 2022.

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The new towns influenced by old settlements

HAVING dealt with palaces and royal residences in this series on Scotland’s built heritage, I am now turning my attention to something completely…

The National (Scotland)

The week in theatre: Romeo and Juliet; When Winston Went to War With the Wireless; Groundhog Day – review

Danger stalks the radiant lovers in Rebecca Frecknall’s tumultuous, twilit Romeo and Juliet; a 1920s battle for the soul of BBC radio couldn’t be more timely; and Groundhog Day, once more with feeling

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When Winston Went to War With the Wireless review – radio is the star of BBC crisis drama

Jack Thorne’s dramatisation of the power play between the UK government and the broadcaster in 1920s Britain is pacy and evocative

The Guardian - UK

We interrupt this broadcaster: why did Winston Churchill try to seize the BBC?

In 1926, with the General Strike looming and the right warning of a Bolshevik revolution, the BBC found itself in a dreadful dilemma. Writer Jack Thorne on why he turned this into ‘a love letter to people in authority’

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The BBC's history from children’s entertainment to the General Strike

PROVING that sometimes history can be relevant today, in the past week we have been hearing a lot about the BBC’s impartiality in light of Gary…

The National (Scotland)

Let's be clear about BBC arrogance on this major radio centenary

THERE will undoubtedly be a lot of coverage over the next couple of days about tomorrow’s centenary of the BBC broadcasting in Scotland.

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At 100, the BBC must face the harsh reality: the licence fee is unsustainable

The move towards a subscription model – perhaps with a free, ‘basic’ element – now feels inexorable, says writer and broadcaster Mark Lawson

The Guardian - UK

The BBC centenary: The most memorable moments in the broadcaster’s history

The BBC will ring in its centenary in November this year with a packed-out schedule

Evening Standard

A history of the BBC in 50 facts as the national broadcaster turns 100

To mark the BBC turning 100 years old today (October 18) we've taken a look back at the national broadcaster's history in the century since it first began with 50 facts about the institution

Daily Mirror

BBC at 100: a trusted international news source, but it's important to remember whose values it reflects

As the BBC turns 100 we should celebrate its extraordinary history as a public service broadcaster bringing news and other programming to audiences around the globe. In 2020-2021 the BBC announced that its World Service achieved its highest-ever audience, with an average of close to 500 million listeners globally each…

The Conversation

A commie witch-hunt, a live abdication and a military invasion of sport: 100 years of the BBC, part two

Paul Robeson was embraced then banned, Gracie Fields beat cancer and trilled for the troops, news anchors got a catchphrase – and parental chinwags went transatlantic

The Guardian - UK

100 years of the BBC – the first live FA Cup final and the dawn of true crime

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

The Guardian - UK

This is the story of the BBC’s early broadcasting mavericks

The BBC was built upon the dreams and ambitions of a few nonconformist men who would ultimately have to pay the price. Stifling renegades today will do little to ward off the threats the corporation faces, writes Simon Potter

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100 years of the BBC: the rebels who reshaped broadcasting – and paid the price

In his 1941 book The Power Behind the Microphone, Peter Pendleton Eckersley, the BBC’s former chief engineer, described his “dream” for the future of radio and television:

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