Episode 67 is a special:
A Brief History of Coronation Broadcasts (or Broadcast Coronations)
How the BBC has brought two such ceremonies to the air, as they (and others) now tackle a third, for King Charles III.
We'll tell you all about the two previous on-air crownings, of George VI and Elizabeth II, both on radio and TV - but first we'll go back to the four monarchs before them:
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#048 Daimler, 5MG and 2BP: The In-Car Radios of 1923
#047 ”Hark, The Engine’s Failing”: The Closedown of 2MT Writtle
#046 Justin Webb on Leonard Crocombe... and January 1923
#045 2ZY Manchester and 5IT Birmingham Calling... with Jude Montague
#044 Hanso Idzerda and The Dutch Concerts - with Gordon Bathgate
#043 The First Outside Broadcast: A Night at the Opera!
#042 Drops Mic, Drops Callsign
#041 The BBC’s First Female Employee: Isobel Shields
#040 New Year 1923, Magnet House: ”Pandemonium Reigned!”
#039 SPECIAL: The Twelve Airplays of Christmas (with Ben Baker)
#038 SPECIAL: What Marconi Thought of Broadcasting... + 1920s ads
#037 SPECIAL: The Prehistory of the BBC (extended cut)
#036 Out with the Old: The First BBC New Year’s Eve
#035 Reith Begins!
#034 Newcastle‘s Christmas Launch: Let It 5NO, Let It 5NO, Let It 5NO!
#033 The First Couple of Marconi House: December 1922
#032 The Licence Fee Problem... of 1922
#031 The Hunt for BBC Premises, Burrows vs Marconi + Prof Gabriele Balbi
#030 The First BBC Staff: Reith, Burrows, Lewis, Anderson, White (+ David Hamilton)
#029 The First Listings: from Norman Long to Neville Chamberlain
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