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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