Episode 49 and that old favourite Peter Eckersley returns - he's started regular British broadcasting, helped spark a boom in radio sets, mocked the BBC, been inspired by the first OB to join Auntie Beeb... and now this episode, he's hired.
In this bumper episode, we hear from Eckersley expert Tim Wander, and PPE himself, as well as Noel Ashbridge and Rolls Wynn. Plus our special guest: Professor David Hendy, author of The BBC: A People's History, on the pioneer years.
This is the last of our regular timeline type shows for the summer - but next time, author interviews, with Sarah-Jane Stratford, then Stephen Bourne and Edward Stourton. Stay subscribed, and please rate/review us if you can. It all helps spread word.
Next time: Summer specials!
linktr.ee/paulkerensa
#027 Season 2 Trailer (aka Season 1 Recap)
#026 Percy Edgar - BBC and the Midlands from Day 2 to 1948
#025 SPECIAL: Part 2 of 1922‘s Parliamentary Broadcasting Debates
#024 SPECIAL: Part 1 of 1922‘s Parliamentary Broadcasting Debates
#023 Gertrude Donisthorpe: Britain‘s 1st DJ?
#022 SPECIAL: Capt H.J. Round, a speech from Dec 1952
#021 Loose Ends (with Gareth Jones)
#020 The First BBC Christmas: From Carols to Kings
#019 Day 2 of the BBC: Our Friends in the North
#018 The First BBC Broadcast: "Hullo, Hullo!"
#017 The Eve of the BBC: A Partly Political Broadcast
#016 Live at the Apo2LO: Our 1st Broadcast Comedian
#015 John Reith: Mastermind
#014 1922's British Wireless Exhibition: Tomorrow's World
#013 Inform, Educate, Entertain: Have I Got News For You?
#012 The Pre-BBC 6/Music, part 2: 1 BBC
#011 The Pre-BBC 6/Music, part 1: 2 BBCs
#010 2ZY Manchester: Are You Sitting Comfortably? (with Chris Jarvis)
#009 2LO London Calling
#008 2MT Writtle: Radio Active
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Lore