Want to create interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!
History of the BBC
Amelie Weeger
Created on June 14, 2022
Everything in this genially are quotes from these sources:The BBC Story. 24 May 2022, www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/timelines/. Accessed 14 June 2022. ; Timeline. 24 May 2022, www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/bbc-100/timeline/. Accessed 14 June 2022.
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
Transcript
The BBC
The 1920s
18th Oct. 1922
1924
1926
1928"BBC Dance Orchestra"
British Broadcasting Company formed
"The pips"
"General Strike
1925
1927
1929
1923
"Daventry transmitter"
British Broadcasting Corporation
"The Week in Westminster"
"The Radio Times"
The BBC
The 1930s
1930
1932"Broadcasting House"
1934
"The first television play"
"Type A microphone"
1936 & 19371936: "BBC Television"
1938 & 1939
1933
1935
1931
1938: "BBC Arabic"
"First female radio announcer"
"American Half Hour"
"The Blattnerphone"
The BBC
The 1940s
1940
1945
1947
1942/19431943: "Raid on Berlin"
"De Gaulles Broadcast to France"
"VE-Day"
"Last night of the proms"
1944
1946
1948/1949
1941
"D-Day"
"Woman's hour"
1949: "Olympics"
"V for Victory"
The BBC
The 1950s
1950/1951
1953
1955
1957/1958
1951: "The General Election"
"The Coronation"
"For Deaf Children"
1958: "Today"
1954
1956
1959
1952
"News and Newsreel"
"Eurovision"
"Juke Box Jury"
"VERA"
The BBC
The 1960s
1960
1963
1965
1968
"BBC Television Centre"
"Doctor Who"
"Paul Danquah"
"The Morecambe and Wise Show"
1964
1966/1967
1969
1961/1962
"Top of the Pops"
1967: "Colour Television"
"Apollo 11"
1961: "Songs of Praise"
The BBC
The 1970s
1970
1972/1973
1975/1976
1978
"Edward II
1972: "Newsround"
"I Claudius"
"Delia Smith's Cooking Course"
1974
1977
1979
1971
"The Ceefax"
"Does He Take Sugar"
"Life on Earth"
"The Open University"
The BBC
The 1980s
1980
1982
1984
1986/1987
"The Children in Need"
"Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery"
"Crimewatch UK"
1987: "Casualty"
1983
1985
1988/1989
1981
"Breakfast Time"
"EastEnders"
1989: "Televising the House of Commons"
"Royal Wedding"
The BBC
The 1990s
1990
1996
1998
"Oranges are not the Only Fruit"
1993/ 19941994: "The Fast Show"
"Changing Rooms"
"Digital Revolution"
1995
1997
1999
1991/1992
"DAB Radio"
"BBC Online"
"The Murder of Jill Dando"
1991: "BBC World Service Television"
The BBC
The 2000s/2010s +20s
2000
2003/2004
2007/2008
2011
"Launch of BBC Three"/"Strictly come Dancing"
"2000 Today"
"BBC iPlayer/ BBC Arabic, BBC Persian"
"MediaCityUK becomes operational"
2005/2006
2009/2010
2012
2001/2002
"Doctor Who"/ "The One Show"
"2009: "Cerrie Burnell"
"Olympics"
"The Office/ "The River City"
The BBC
The 2000s/2010s +20s
2013
2020
2022
"New Broadcasting House"
"Bitesize home learning"
"The Green Planet"
2021
2014-2019
"English League Football"
"Many new series"