

Episode 64 dwells in 1st-16th March 1923: the last days of the first BBC HQ of Magnet House.
So this packed show takes a walk from Magnet House to the studios at Marconi House, just as the early broadcasters would have done. We take a look at the early broadcasting philosophy of first staff - "the upper side of taste" (no grizzly murders or divorce cases).
We revisit broadcasts from the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition and head on tour with a laundry basket packed with sheet music (just don't send it to the laundrette like they did).
Hear the voices of a few who were there: Rex Palmer, Peter Eckersley, Arthur Burrows, Cecil Lewis, A.E. Thompson, Percy Edgar, Leonard Crocombe... that's about 10% of the entire BBC workforce at the time! You'll also hear a bit from Radio 4's Justin Webb...
...our main special guest is JEFFREY HOLLAND, star of Hi-de-Hi, You Rang M'Lord, Oh Doctor Beeching... and he tells how he even played Private Pike AND Private Walker onstage with the original Dad's Army cast of Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn.
It's a packed episode, but then a lot happened in early March 1923! Next time, late March 1923... Stay tuned to this frequency.
LINKS:
Next time we'll have the tale of late March with the first daily weather broadcasts, SOSs and an interview with a former BBC archivist.
...Subscribe so you don't miss it!
70 epizódok
Episode 64 dwells in 1st-16th March 1923: the last days of the first BBC HQ of Magnet House.
So this packed show takes a walk from Magnet House to the studios at Marconi House, just as the early broadcasters would have done. We take a look at the early broadcasting philosophy of first staff - "the upper side of taste" (no grizzly murders or divorce cases).
We revisit broadcasts from the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition and head on tour with a laundry basket packed with sheet music (just don't send it to the laundrette like they did).
Hear the voices of a few who were there: Rex Palmer, Peter Eckersley, Arthur Burrows, Cecil Lewis, A.E. Thompson, Percy Edgar, Leonard Crocombe... that's about 10% of the entire BBC workforce at the time! You'll also hear a bit from Radio 4's Justin Webb...
...our main special guest is JEFFREY HOLLAND, star of Hi-de-Hi, You Rang M'Lord, Oh Doctor Beeching... and he tells how he even played Private Pike AND Private Walker onstage with the original Dad's Army cast of Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn.
It's a packed episode, but then a lot happened in early March 1923! Next time, late March 1923... Stay tuned to this frequency.
LINKS:
Next time we'll have the tale of late March with the first daily weather broadcasts, SOSs and an interview with a former BBC archivist.
...Subscribe so you don't miss it!
70 epizódok
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