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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.

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British Broadcasting Company formed

18th Oct. 1922

The BBC

The 1920s

"The Week in Westminster"

1929

British Broadcasting Corporation

1927

"Daventry transmitter"

1925

"The Radio Times"

1923

1928"BBC Dance Orchestra"

"General Strike

1926

"The pips"

1924

"The first television play"

1930

The BBC

The 1930s

1938: "BBC Arabic"

1938 & 1939

"American Half Hour"

1935

"First female radio announcer"

1933

"The Blattnerphone"

1931

1936 & 19371936: "BBC Television"

"Type A microphone"

1934

1932"Broadcasting House"

"De Gaulles Broadcast to France"

1940

The BBC

The 1940s

1949: "Olympics"

1948/1949

"Woman's hour"

1946

"D-Day"

1944

"V for Victory"

1941

"Last night of the proms"

1947

"VE-Day"

1945

1942/19431943: "Raid on Berlin"

1951: "The General Election"

1950/1951

The BBC

The 1950s

"Juke Box Jury"

1959

"Eurovision"

1956

"News and Newsreel"

1954

"VERA"

1952

1958: "Today"

1957/1958

"For Deaf Children"

1955

"The Coronation"

1953

"BBC Television Centre"

1960

The BBC

The 1960s

"Apollo 11"

1969

1967: "Colour Television"

1966/1967

"Top of the Pops"

1964

1961: "Songs of Praise"

1961/1962

"The Morecambe and Wise Show"

1968

"Paul Danquah"

1965

"Doctor Who"

1963

"Edward II

1970

The BBC

The 1970s

"Life on Earth"

1979

"Does He Take Sugar"

1977

"The Ceefax"

1974

"The Open University"

1971

"Delia Smith's Cooking Course"

1978

"I Claudius"

1975/1976

1972: "Newsround"

1972/1973

"The Children in Need"

1980

The BBC

The 1980s

1989: "Televising the House of Commons"

1988/1989

"EastEnders"

1985

"Breakfast Time"

1983

"Royal Wedding"

1981

1987: "Casualty"

1986/1987

"Crimewatch UK"

1984

"Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery"

1982

"Oranges are not the Only Fruit"

1990

The BBC

The 1990s

"The Murder of Jill Dando"

1999

"BBC Online"

1997

"DAB Radio"

1995

1991: "BBC World Service Television"

1991/1992

"Digital Revolution"

1998

"Changing Rooms"

1996

1993/ 19941994: "The Fast Show"

"2000 Today"

2000

The BBC

The 2000s/2010s +20s

"Olympics"

2012

"2009: "Cerrie Burnell"

2009/2010

"Doctor Who"/ "The One Show"

2005/2006

"The Office/ "The River City"

2001/2002

"MediaCityUK becomes operational"

2011

"BBC iPlayer/ BBC Arabic, BBC Persian"

2007/2008

"Launch of BBC Three"/"Strictly come Dancing"

2003/2004

"New Broadcasting House"

2013

The BBC

The 2000s/2010s +20s

"English League Football"

2021

"Many new series"

2014-2019

"The Green Planet"

2022

"Bitesize home learning"

2020