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Programmes in this section have been broadcast by the BBC in the last year or have a commission for further episodes. Recommissioned shows are shown as running to the present, as are any show that is currently airing.
Jun 16, 2021 · The BBC is making its archive more accessible than ever before, with a searchable index of nearly 100 years of BBC TV and radio broadcasts.
May 30, 2020 · The BBC has made more than 200,000 radio and TV programmes from its archive more accessible with a new online tool called Programme Explorer.
Over 8,700,000 total programmes & groups. Welcome to BBC Programmes, a permanent rolling record of everything on BBC Television and Radio. Since October 2007 this site has created a...
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- A timeline of the BBC’s top moments in history.
- November 1922 – 2LO launched. Following the widespread closure of many amateur radio stations, the BBC started its first daily radio service in London, the 2LO.
- December 1922 – John Reith appointed. On December 14, 1992, John Charles Walsham Reith became the general manager of the BBC, at the age of 33. There were no rules, standards, or even an established purpose to guide him, and he immediately began innovating, experimenting, and organising, with the help of his newly appointed chief engineer, Peter Eckersley.
- February 1924 - the Pips first heard. What would the BBC be without the pips! They have been heard on the radio since 1924, and the electronically generated ‘pips’ indicate the Greenwich Time Signal (GTS), and were invented by the astronomer royal Sir Frank Watson Dyson, with Reith.
Our timeline brings together a selection of the BBC's best-known programmes and an overview of some of the many milestones that have shaped the corporation over the years.
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BBC Radio Archive. The British Library Sound Archive provides public on-request access to, and listening facilities for, a collection of BBC radio recordings. It cannot supply copies of...
