Connected Histories Of The BBC

Today, we launch our digitized archive of #OralHistory #interviews from the @BBCarchive with 415 interviews from 7 oral history collections. Search and browse, discover the people and past of the BBC, read transcripts, hear and see interviewees, buff.ly/3EQN4Yu

The official BBC press release about VE Day coverage gave a mention to the fascinating oral history-infused chapter on World War Two created by David Hendy and Alban Webb for '100 Voices that Made the BBC' — a free online resource about the BBC’s history: bbc.com/historyofthebb…

Former PI David Hendy has written a funny and fascinating resource on the history of comedy priests on the BBC 💡 This joins the extensive CHBBC resource already hosted on the BBC’s History pages, and it marks the 30th Anniversary of The Vicar of Dibley: bbc.co.uk/historyofthebb…

Should you always capture all sides of the debate? Join colleagues Margaretta Jolly, Aasiya Lodhi and Kate Murphy as part of @BL_OralHistory Oral History Fest as they reflect on CHBBC findings to situate the usefulness of impartiality for oral historians sussex.ac.uk/research/centr…

Our Director, Prof Margaretta Jolly from @SussexUniMAH, will be running a workshop at this @OralHistorySoc event on 6 July 2024 at the @britishlibrary :

A week today - what promises to be an interesting seminar at @ihr_history . In person and online. It will explore the future potential of the @ConnHistofBBC project, which makes publicly available the BBC's Oral History archive history.ac.uk/events/connect…

Join us next Friday 10 May for this special hybrid seminar event, Using Oral History and Digital Humanities Methods to Rethink Media History. Speakers include Margaretta Jolly @SussexUniMAH, @aasiyalodhi and Eve Hayes de Kalaf @ihr_history.

We were saddened to hear of the recent death of Annie Nightingale, the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 and the station's longest-serving DJ. In 2018, Prof David Hendy interviewed Annie about her life and trailblazing career, which can be accessed via connectedhistoriesofthebbc.org/play/?id=415

In 2018 I interviewed Annie Nightingale about her fascinating life and extraordinary career. To see the two-and-a-half hour interview, and download a transcript go to the Connected Histories of the BBC website: connectedhistoriesofthebbc.org/play/?id=415

Sad to hear of the death of #AnnieNightingale. We interviewed her for the @ConnHistofBBC project. Her #oralhistory interview is available chbbc.sussex.ac.uk/play/?id=415&p…

And, if you haven't already, check out Kate's fabulous collection of clips and stories on Matheson and other pioneering women at the BBC, available on the BBC’s History website, co-curated with Jeannine Baker: bbc.co.uk/historyofthebb…

Biographer Michael Carney and our CHBCC colleague Kate Murphy have a new book 'Hilda Matheson: a Life of Secrets and Broadcasts'! Hilda, the first woman to be Talks Director of the BBC, transformed the BBC into a broadcaster for the people. For the book: handheldpress.co.uk/shop/womens-li…

It's actually quite amazing if I may say so myself. It's two things, really. First, it's a massive website, where you can watch/hear/read interviews with over 400 key people who've worked for the BBC since its birth in 1922 connectedhistoriesofthebbc.org

A year ago my colleagues at @SussexUni and I launched "Connected Histories of the BBC" in the Council Chamber of Broadcasting House in London. So what is "Connected Histories of the BBC"? A short thread...

#OnThisDay ,1950, the #BBC opened Lime Grove Studios: buff.ly/3VSibt8 The site was bought from Rank Film Studios to fulfil the needs of the fast expanding television service in the 1950s. Listen to Alex Sutherland, a Programme organiser based there:buff.ly/42rW4MA

#OnthisDay in 1940 #Churchill delivered his first broadcast as #primeminister: buff.ly/3LTwadu "I speak to you for the first time as Prime Minister in a solemn hour for the life of our country, of our empire, of our allies, and, above all, of the cause of freedom."

#OnThisDay in 1932, #BroadcastingHouse opened. buff.ly/42PUrIt Designed by Val Myer, with the BBC's civil engineer Marmaduke Tudsbery ... tocreate a building that contained 22 sound insulated radio studios and a concert hall, and is still in use today. @BBCArchive

Listen to TV Engineer Tony Bridgewater explain how the #coronation of King George VI nearly missed being broadcast due to equipment failure: ‘...The only thing they could do was a sort of first aid, which was to give it an almighty biff.’ buff.ly/3HbMnt1 #Coronation2023

Jean D'Arcy, former Director of UN Radio & Programming for Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise talks about the early days of broadcasting #Eurovision buff.ly/3BedgZU @BBCArchive #Eurovision2023

In his #OralHistory interview, Tony Bridgewater, former @BBC Chief Television Engineer, talks about the first broadcasts of #Eurovision buff.ly/42uArv2

#OnThisDay in 1937 was the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and the coronation was broadcast on #Television for the first time. buff.ly/42NGQky Engineer Tony Bridgewater talks about it in his #oralhistory interview on our site: buff.ly/3HbMnt1