Voices of the BBC

From the BBC Oral History Collection here are some of the key personalities, producers, and innovators that tell the inside ...

History of the BBC

Annette Mills became the face of children's television after the Second World War. "For the Children" was the first dedicated ...
The Conversation

Changes to the BBC’s Written Archives Centre threaten open research – and might infringe on the broadcaster’s charter

The BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is housed in an unassuming bungalow on the outskirts of Reading, 40 miles west of London. It holds one of the greatest document collections of British and ...
The Conversation

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: I see the interior of a ...
Press Gazette

How BBC History is bringing content about the past to tomorrow’s audiences

Immediate Media’s BBC History has proved again that it is not living in the past when it comes to current publishing strategies as it has launched a new Substack newsletter and podcast. The Substack, ...
World Screen

BBC Factual Commissions Five History Programs

BBC Factual has made four brand-new history commissions and renewed A House Through Time for BBC Two and iPlayer. “The titles we are announcing today show the incredible richness of BBC History,” said ...