The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

History Podcasts

100 Years of the BBC, Radio and Life as We Know It. Be informed, educated and entertained by the amazing true story of radio’s forgotten pioneers. With host Paul Kerensa, great guests and rare archive from broadcasting’s golden era. Original music by...

Episodes

#120 The General Strike at 100, part 3: Reith's Jerusalem

#119 The General Strike at 100, part 2: The Archbishop and the PM

The General Strike at 100, part 1: Reith, Churchill and the Birth of BBC News

#117 The BBC's First Homosexual: a new play - with Dr Stephen Hornby and Professor Marcus Collins

#116 The BBC's First Birthday - 14 November 1923

#115 Early BBC Music and Gramophone Records with Earl Okin

#114 BBC Armistice Broadcasts in the 1920s - with Professor Rachel Cowgill

#113 Radio Caroline and The Fleet's Lit Up

#112 The First Radio Hoax: Broadcasting the Barricades - A Centenary Re-enactment

#111 The Truth About The Truth About Phyllis Twigg: From the First Radio Drama to the Latest

#110 GK Chesterton, 75 Years of R2's God Slot + The Truth About Father Christmas

#109 Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills

#108 Mass Telepathy: Re-enacted - A Centenary Dramatisation of a BBC Broadcast

#107 On-Air Criticisms, Comedy, James Cary and Miranda Hart

#106 6BM Bournemouth: The End of the Beginning at the BBC... and James Cridland

#105 2BD Aberdeen and R.E. Jeffrey: From First Gaelic Broadcast to First Sci-Fi

#104 The Radio Times is Launched! A Browse Through Issue 1

#103 Sept 1923 on the BBC, Rob Roy and Gavin Sutherland

#102 SB: Simultaneous Broadcasting... and Mary English

#101 The Sykes Report + Early Recordings Association