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Samuel Beckett described Billie Whitelaw as ‘a perfect...
A 1957 publicity photo captioned 'Billie Whitelaw, a young actress who takes part in many BBC television productions' Billie Whitelaw as Winnie in a 1972 BBC2 production of Samuel Beckett's 'H...
Genome - the mighty online database that contains every edition...
Genome - the mighty online database that contains every edition of the Radio Times , from its origin in 1923 to 2009 - tells us that, on this day in 1929 , The Children’s Hour featured “‘T...
On this day in 1953, the BBC adopted its first ‘television...
On this day in 1953, the BBC adopted its first ‘television symbol’ (these days we’d call it an 'ident’). It was designed by famous poster artist Abram Games and it quickly became known a...
Edward Clark was a conductor and a hugely influential BBC music...
Edward Clark was a conductor and a hugely influential BBC music producer in the very early days of the BBC. He helped found the BBC Symphony Orchestra and made a huge contribution to bringing n...
On 24 October 1946, Sir Thomas Beecham (pictured, in 1954)...
On 24 October 1946 , Sir Thomas Beecham (pictured, in 1954) conducted a live Tristan and Isolde for the Third Programme . Performed in German, the programme ran from 6-10.45pm, with two interval...
23 October 1946. The Third Programme, Radio 3’s...
23 October 1946. The Third Programme , Radio 3’s predecessor station, was only a few weeks old. The centrepiece of the evening’s output was Paul Hindemith ’s complex, neo-classical piano w...
20 October 1934, on the National Programme broadcast from...
20 October 1934 , on the National Programme broadcast from Daventry, Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, adapted for radio by Barbara Burnham. Burnham - pictured, earlier in 1934 - had been ada...
The Post Office Tower (latterly the BT Tower), a near neighbour...
The Post Office Tower (latterly the BT Tower), a near neighbour of Radio 3’s own home, Broadcasting House, and, in its day, an icon of both sixties glamour (that revolving restaurant) and tech...
Forty-five years ago today: Joan Bakewell vs Harold Pinter. Late...
Forty-five years ago today: Joan Bakewell vs Harold Pinter. Late Night Line-Up, BBC 2, 11 September 1969.
Paul Tortelier, filming a programme for BBC TV in 1970. During...
PAUL TORTELIER , filming a programme for BBC TV in 1970. During the 1970s, the cellist gave a number of masterclasses for the BBC. His reputation, as an inspiring, dynamic musician grew. He becam...
It’s Louis Armstrong’s birthday. He was born on 4...
It’s Louis Armstrong ’s birthday. He was born on 4 August 1901. In 1968 the BBC marked his (67th) birthday with a 50-minute feature on BBC 2 about Louis and his legendary All Stars, at that ...
Adelaide Hall played Hattie in the BBC’s first broadcast of Kiss...
Adelaide Hall played Hattie in the BBC’s first broadcast of Kiss Me Kate , a live radio relay from the London Coliseum on the BBC Light Programme on 1 August 1951. The Coliseum production w...
Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate was the gala centrepiece for...
Howard Keel (in the centre on the stage) filming "Kiss Me Kate" for the opening night of BBC Two. Howard Keel as Petruchio and Patricia Morison as Kate in a scene from 'Kiss Me Kate', on the f...
When Edward Elgar died in February 1934, he left a number of...
When Edward Elgar died in February 1934, he left a number of works unfinished, including a major commission - for a third symphony - from the BBC. There was some controversy about whether or not...
Harold Pinter’s play ’A Slight Ache’ had its...
Harold Pinter ’s play ’A Slight Ache ’ had its world premiere on the Third Programme on this day in 1959. The cast included Pinter himself, under his stage name David Baron, in a silent ro...
Telstar, a satellite and a pop culture phenomenon, began...
Picture shows Cape Canaveral, Wally Schirra in a Space Suit. Early satellite communication system developed by AT&T with a ground station dish in Andover. Picture shows President J.F Kennedys ...
“His dialogue runs as smoothly as a conference between...
> “His dialogue runs as smoothly as a conference between cliché > experts even when his people are considering a scheme for supplying > eagles with parachutes and spe...
Sidonie Goossens was a legendary musician. Principal Harpist...
Sidonie Goossens playing the Harp. in 1935. Sidonie Goossens with the Ravel Harp Septet, February 1938. Sidonie Goossens playing the Harp, March 1937. Igor Stravinsky with Sidonie Goossens...
Andy Pandy, children’s TV puppet. A creature of powerful...
Andy Pandy , children’s TV puppet. A creature of powerful popular resonance in Britain, born on this day in 1950, in a live children’s TV programme watched by millions. The programme ran on B...
An angel in Castlereagh Street. June 1990, the offices of brand...
An angel in Castlereagh Street. June 1990, the offices of brand new radio station Jazz FM in Central London. Eccentric jazz innovator and inter-stellar wanderer Sun Ra descends, in all his finery...