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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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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"