Broadcasting Britain: 100 Years of the BBC

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The conventional way to present a documentary is for the presenter to do pieces to camera, then to lay down commentary and then to host interviews. Radio 2 All Stars is a special with Dermot O'Leary bringing together some of his Radio 2 colleagues to talk about their incredible broadcasting careers. Created 100 years ago, on 18th October 1922, the BBC transformed people's lives at the turn of a dial, bringing voices out of the ether and conjuring the magic community of radio. Our Non-Fiction Range includes: Academic, Photography, Audio books, Business, Cook Books, Craft Books, Health and Fitness Books, Mind, Body, Spirit (Tarot). Participants chart the BBC’s first, stuttering, attempt at rolling news on the night of President Kennedy’s assassination and the presenter James Burke tells how the Queen Mother helped to shape the BBC’s coverage of an Apollo space mission.

Antiques Roadshow is at Alexandra Palace, the birthplace of television, for this special edition programme to celebrate 100 years of broadcasting.She was also an activist, championing women’s rights, the rights of black people, literacy programmes, the education of children, and working with the deposed Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie. Raiders of the Lost Archive: The story of the amateur collectors of past-BBC programmes which were once believed to be lost. As the government’s national archive for England, Wales and the United Kingdom, The National Archives hold over 1,000 years of the nation’s records for everyone to discover and use. Explore 10 years of British History through key broadcasting moments illuminated by images from the BBC archive.

Voices - Inventing the Future During the last 100 years the BBC has strived to keep ahead of developments in education, countering prejudice and disinformation, developing new technology, or cultivating fresh artistic talent. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Castaways include Noel Coward, Ravi Shankar, Margot Fonteyn, Sir Alec Guinness, Joan Bakewell, David Hockney, Bing Crosby, Dudley Moore and many more of the most celebrated eminent figures in their field. Paddy also delves into the history of BMW’s legendary M-cars, Chris gets to grips with Ford’s new WRC racer, and the team investigate the future of fuel.It is how we remember where we come from and who we are - from the Moon Landing to the 9/11 attacks, from Monty Python to EastEnders , from Live Aid to London 2012. Recognized internationally as a trusted source of news and maker of cutting-edge documentaries and dramas, the BBC was established ‘to bring the best of everything to the greatest number of homes’. In a special chart for National Album Day, produced by the Official Charts Company, the station will reveal the biggest all-time debut albums to be released in the UK (Saturday 15th October). These rediscovered lost gems will broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra and will be available on BBC Sounds, where they will add to the considerable archive already available.

Our Adult Fiction Books, Range includes Classics Novels, Comic Books, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Novels, General Fiction, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction and War. As part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations, How The BBC Began tells the stories behind some of the seminal moments of the first fifty years of the BBC across television and radio. After a tentative start in the 1930s, where the signal could barely be heard by the target audience, to the major digital global player of the 2020s, BBC History looks back at the major moments of BBC international broadcasting. Harry and Paul tell the true story of Britain’s political and social evolution over the last century through the life of the BBC.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. This time they take inspiration from documentary maker Adam Curtis to celebrate the BBC’s 100 years with The Love Box in Your Living Room. Kid’s TV: The Surprising Story (with former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq) will explore and celebrate the very best of British Children’s Programming from the past 100 years.

Look out for our updates on BBC themed exhibitions, and additions to our trail of heritage blue plaques. This show celebrates that fact, with lavish helpings of glorious footage evoking wonderful childhood memories; while also suggesting that in a wider context, kids’ TV has been even more influential than we had previously thought. The Skewer BBC 100 special: Jon Holmes's multi award-winning The Skewer twists itself into the past, as it sets about deconstructing 100 Years of the BBC. Spanning the generations are Tony Blackburn, Zoe Ball and Rylan Clark chatting about their life on air, including memorable outside broadcasts, earliest BBC memories, their first songs played on air and lots more (Saturday 15th October).This is accompanied by a TX of a Hancock Half Hour – once missing – and now remastered and broadcast for the first time since 1955.