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19th February 1985: EastEnders, the BBC’s flagship soap opera, broadcast for the first time

  • 19th February 2023
  • Tagged as: BBC, Britain, Culture, EastEnders, Entertainment, London, Television

EastEnders was first broadcast on 19 February 1985 as part of new BBC One controller Michael Grade’s ‘relaunch’ of the channel. The first episode secured an audience of 17 million.

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29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

  • 29th January 2023
  • Tagged as: BBC, Britain, Broadcast, Culture, Radio, Technology

Desert Island Discs is Britain’s longest-running radio programme.

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18th October 1922: The British Broadcasting Company established

  • 18th October 2022
  • Tagged as: BBC, Britain, Broadcast, Culture, Entertainment, London, Radio, Wireless

The new broadcasting company was a consortium of the UK’s leading radio manufacturers, and was jointly funded through a royalty on the sale of radio sets sold by the member producers and a license fee.

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30th September 1967: Launch of BBC Radio 1 with the words ‘…and, good morning everyone. Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1’

  • 30th September 2022
  • Tagged as: BBC, Britain, Broadcast, Culture, Music, Pirate, Radio, Radio 1, Youth

Radio 1’s target demographic was, and has continued to be, the 15-29 year old age group which means the music it broadcasts has evolved throughout the station’s history.

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5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time

  • 5th February 2022
  • Tagged as: BBC, Broadcast, Clock, Culture, Greenwich, Radio, Time

Although now largely inaccurate as a result of the inherent delay in the encoding, transmission, and decoding of digital radio broadcasts, the Greenwich Time Signal pips are still a part of many BBC radio programmes.

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23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television

  • 23rd November 2021
  • Tagged as: Art, BBC, Britain, Culture, Television

An Unearthly Child was the first of a four-part serial that saw actor William Hartnell take the role of the time-travelling Doctor Who.

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19th February 1985: BBC broadcasts first episode of EastEnders

  • 19th February 2021
  • Tagged as: BBC, Broadcast, Culture, Entertainment, Television
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/02-19-First-episode-of-EastEnders-broadcast.mp3

On the 19th February 1985, the BBC’s flagship soap opera EastEnders was broadcast for the first time.

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5th February 1924: The BBC ‘pips’ first broadcast to mark the time

  • 5th February 2020
  • Tagged as: BBC, Britain, Broadcast, Radio, Science, Technology, Time, United Kingdom

On the 5th February 1924 the BBC ‘pips’ were broadcast for the first time.

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23rd November 1963: First episode of Doctor Who broadcast

  • 23rd November 2019
  • Tagged as: BBC, Britain, Broadcast, Culture, Science Fiction, Television
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11-23-First-episode-of-Doctor-Who-broadcast.mp3

On the 23rd November 1963, the first ever episode of cult science fiction television show Doctor Who was broadcast by the BBC.

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18th October 1922: British Broadcasting Company established

  • 18th October 2019
  • Tagged as: BBC, Britain, Culture, England, Entertainment, Licensing, Media, Radio, Technology
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/10-18-British-Broadcasting-Company.mp3

On the 18th October 1922, the British Broadcasting Company was established.

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