The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa
Paul KerensaBe informed, educated and entertained by the amazing true story of radio’s forgotten pioneers. With host Paul Kerensa, great guests and rarely-heard clips from broadcasting’s golden era.
#095 Five Gold Airings: Vintage BBC Christmases 1922-42
Dec 15, 2024 • 25m
#094 Wireless Manhunts on the BBC - in 1923 and 2023
Nov 14, 2024 • 46m
#092 The First Sports Broadcasts: from 'Yachts Slowly Drifting' to MCR21
Sep 22, 2024 • 39m
#091 The Electrophone: The 1890s' Streaming Device
Aug 30, 2024 • 40m
#089 A History of Election Night Specials: 28 in 102 Years
Jun 24, 2024 • 48m
#088 Boycotts, Bands and The Sunday Committee: May 1923 at the BBC
Jun 10, 2024 • 38m
#087 The Cello and the Nightingale: A Centenary Celebration
May 17, 2024 • 38m
#086 1932 Off-Air Radio Recordings by Mr F.O. Brown of Greenbank
May 6, 2024 • 29m
#085 The Earliest BBC Recording and The First Monarch On Air
Apr 23, 2024 • 37m
#084 Women's Hour on the BBC: 1923-24
Apr 10, 2024 • 30m
#083 The Launch of Savoy Hill: The BBC's New Home, 1 May 1923
Mar 25, 2024 • 39m
#082 The BBC at Marconi House: 14-11-1922 to 30-04-1923
Mar 2, 2024 • 40m
#081 The Pips at 100! A Brief History of Time at the BBC
Feb 5, 2024 • 15m
#080 SPECIAL: The First Religious Broadcast: Re-enacted
Dec 25, 2023 • 55m
#079 Three More Authors: Doctor Who | R4 Sunday | Radio 1+2
Dec 11, 2023 • 40m
#078 Three Authors on Broadcasting History: Love | Films | Education
Nov 21, 2023 • 40m
#076 Radio Times at 100 - Part 2
Sep 28, 2023 • 29m
#075 (The) Radio Times at 100 - Part 1
Sep 26, 2023 • 32m
#074 The BBC and Music: from Percy Pitt to Johnny Beerling
Sep 14, 2023 • 43m
#073 Comedy on Air: Hysterical History from The Co-Optimists to Bottom
Aug 26, 2023 • 49m
#072 The First Radio Dramatist: The Truth about Phyllis Twigg
Aug 10, 2023 • 48m
#071 Yesteryear in Parliament: The BBC vs The Government, April 1923
Jul 7, 2023 • 44m
#070 The Press vs the BBC vs the Govt: 1923 + 2023
Jun 23, 2023 • 40m
#069 Children’s Hour to Bedtime Hour: Uncles, Aunts and Iggle Piggle
May 26, 2023 • 39m
#068 Major Arthur Corbett-Smith: Reith’s Rival
May 12, 2023 • 40m
#067 SPECIAL: A Brief History of Coronation Broadcasts
May 3, 2023 • 25m
#066 The BBC’s News, Weather and SOS Broadcasts of March 1923
Apr 15, 2023 • 31m
#065 A Brief History of the BBC’s Archives
Apr 3, 2023 • 44m
#064 Farewell Magnet House, Hello... Laundry Baskets? + Jeffrey Holland
Mar 16, 2023 • 38m
#063 Glasgow 5SC: The BBC Launches in Scotland
Mar 6, 2023 • 31m
#062 Radio’s First Political Debate... and Reeta Chakrabarti
Feb 22, 2023 • 36m
#061 The BBC’s Listings Ban... and Gareth Gwynn’s Ministry of Happiness
Feb 11, 2023 • 35m
#060 A History of Religious Broadcasting: 100 Years of God on the Beeb
Jan 28, 2023 • 37m
#059 100 Years in 100 Minutes, part 3 (1988-2022)
Dec 30, 2022 • 33m
#058 100 Years in 100 Minutes, part 2 (1955-87)
Dec 11, 2022 • 33m
#057 100 Years in 100 Minutes, part 1 (1922-54)
Nov 14, 2022 • 33m
#056 BBC100, Poetry Please?... and Roger Bolton
Nov 5, 2022 • 25m
#054 The First Welsh Broadcast... and The Exhibitionists!
Oct 3, 2022 • 47m
#052 SPECIAL: Auntie’s War - with Edward Stourton
Aug 30, 2022 • 33m
#051 SPECIAL: Early Black British Broadcasters - with Stephen Bourne
Aug 8, 2022 • 48m
#049 It’s That Man Again! Peter Eckersley - 1st BBC Chief Engineer
Jul 9, 2022 • 46m
#048 Daimler, 5MG and 2BP: The In-Car Radios of 1923
Jun 22, 2022 • 38m
#047 ”Hark, The Engine’s Failing”: The Closedown of 2MT Writtle
Jun 3, 2022 • 38m
#046 Justin Webb on Leonard Crocombe... and January 1923
May 9, 2022 • 41m
#045 2ZY Manchester and 5IT Birmingham Calling... with Jude Montague
Apr 14, 2022 • 41m
#044 Hanso Idzerda and The Dutch Concerts - with Gordon Bathgate
Mar 17, 2022 • 26m
#043 The First Outside Broadcast: A Night at the Opera!
Mar 2, 2022 • 41m
#042 Drops Mic, Drops Callsign
Feb 9, 2022 • 40m
#041 The BBC’s First Female Employee: Isobel Shields
Jan 22, 2022 • 31m
#040 New Year 1923, Magnet House: ”Pandemonium Reigned!”
Jan 1, 2022 • 28m
#039 SPECIAL: The Twelve Airplays of Christmas (with Ben Baker)
Dec 18, 2021 • 43m
#038 SPECIAL: What Marconi Thought of Broadcasting... + 1920s ads
Dec 2, 2021 • 30m
#037 SPECIAL: The Prehistory of the BBC (extended cut)
Nov 14, 2021 • 46m
#036 Out with the Old: The First BBC New Year’s Eve
Oct 31, 2021 • 34m
#035 Reith Begins!
Oct 7, 2021 • 38m
#034 Newcastle‘s Christmas Launch: Let It 5NO, Let It 5NO, Let It 5NO!
Sep 15, 2021 • 32m
#033 The First Couple of Marconi House: December 1922
Aug 23, 2021 • 28m
#032 The Licence Fee Problem... of 1922
Aug 6, 2021 • 32m
#031 The Hunt for BBC Premises, Burrows vs Marconi + Prof Gabriele Balbi
Jul 21, 2021 • 38m
#029 The First Listings: from Norman Long to Neville Chamberlain
Jun 10, 2021 • 42m
#028 The First BBC Entertainers... and Lee Mack
May 24, 2021 • 36m
#027 Season 2 Trailer (aka Season 1 Recap)
May 15, 2021 • 3m
#026 Percy Edgar - BBC and the Midlands from Day 2 to 1948
Apr 21, 2021 • 41m
#025 SPECIAL: Part 2 of 1922‘s Parliamentary Broadcasting Debates
Mar 30, 2021 • 1h 12m
#024 SPECIAL: Part 1 of 1922‘s Parliamentary Broadcasting Debates
Mar 22, 2021 • 27m
#023 Gertrude Donisthorpe: Britain‘s 1st DJ?
Mar 12, 2021 • 12m
#022 SPECIAL: Capt H.J. Round, a speech from Dec 1952
Feb 17, 2021 • 1h 19m
#021 Loose Ends (with Gareth Jones)
Jan 22, 2021 • 45m
#020 The First BBC Christmas: From Carols to Kings
Dec 16, 2020 • 34m
#019 Day 2 of the BBC: Our Friends in the North
Dec 7, 2020 • 36m
#018 The First BBC Broadcast: "Hullo, Hullo!"
Nov 14, 2020 • 35m
#017 The Eve of the BBC: A Partly Political Broadcast
Nov 6, 2020 • 33m
#016 Live at the Apo2LO: Our 1st Broadcast Comedian
Oct 29, 2020 • 30m
#015 John Reith: Mastermind
Oct 9, 2020 • 33m
#014 1922's British Wireless Exhibition: Tomorrow's World
Sep 22, 2020 • 28m
#013 Inform, Educate, Entertain: Have I Got News For You?
Sep 10, 2020 • 29m
#012 The Pre-BBC 6/Music, part 2: 1 BBC
Aug 31, 2020 • 23m
#011 The Pre-BBC 6/Music, part 1: 2 BBCs
Aug 23, 2020 • 25m
#010 2ZY Manchester: Are You Sitting Comfortably? (with Chris Jarvis)
Jul 29, 2020 • 28m
#009 2LO London Calling
Jul 20, 2020 • 26m
#008 2MT Writtle: Radio Active
Jul 13, 2020 • 29m
#007 Peter Eckersley: 1922's Pre-Goon Goon
Jul 6, 2020 • 29m
#006 William Le Queux: Power to the People
Jun 29, 2020 • 19m
#005 Arthur Burrows: 1920's All-Request Pirate (with Emperor Rosko)
Jun 22, 2020 • 25m
#004 Happy 100th, Radio! Melba: The Voice
Jun 15, 2020 • 20m
#003 Earlier... with Winifred Sayer
Jun 11, 2020 • 17m
#002 Ditcham and Round: Record Breakers
Jun 7, 2020 • 18m
#001 Morse to Marconi: Pick of the Pioneers
Jun 5, 2020 • 19m
#000 Trailer: The British Broadcasting Century
Jun 2, 2020 • 5m
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