#088 Boycotts, Bands and The Sunday Committee: May 1923 at the BBC
The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

#088 Boycotts, Bands and The Sunday Committee: May 1923 at the BBC

2024-06-10
On episode 88, it's May 1923, and the six-month-old BBC is settling into its new home at Savoy Hill. But it's not all plain sailing. This time, 2-24 May 1923 is retold via press cuttings (thanks to our Newspaper Detective Andrew Barker), showing us that: Some corners of the press were mounting an anti-BBC campaign, complaining it was offering "poor fare". A few days later, other articles refuted that claim.  Some corners of the government were eager to renegotiate the BBC agreement, with the Sykes Inquiry under way to look at ...
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