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#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

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

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

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

#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. BBC Archive

#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 ,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

A year ago my colleagues at University of Sussex 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...

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

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

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

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 School of Media, Arts and Humanities, Aasiya Lodhi and Eve Hayes de Kalaf Institute of Historical Research.

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

Our Director, Prof Margaretta Jolly from School of Media, Arts and Humanities, will be running a workshop at this Oral History Society event on 6 July 2024 at the British Library :

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

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…

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…