Connected Histories Of The BBC
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An @ahrcpress-funded @SussexUniMAH @SussexHumsLab research project aiming to transform public access to the @BBCArchive’s oral history interviews
University of Sussex, England
Joined May 2018
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,
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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:.
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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
A brief history of TV’s most influential comedy priests - to celebrate thirty years of the Vicar of Dibley
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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.
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RT @CLHLWR: Our Director, Prof Margaretta Jolly from @SussexUniMAH, will be running a workshop at this @OralHistorySoc event on 6 July 2024….
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RT @DavidjHendy: A week today - what promises to be an interesting seminar at @ihr_history . In person and online. It will explore the futu….
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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.
Join us on the 10 May at 2pm for this special seminar, where we will explore the BBC’s past, present and future, drawing on the findings of the Connected Histories of the BBC project @ConnHistofBBC. Limited places available, so book now:
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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
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RT @DavidjHendy: In 2018 I interviewed Annie Nightingale about her fascinating life and extraordinary career. To see the two-and-a-half ho….
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RT @denicepenrose: Sad to hear of the death of #AnnieNightingale. We interviewed her for the @ConnHistofBBC project. Her #oralhistory inter….
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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:
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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:
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RT @DavidjHendy: It's actually quite amazing if I may say so myself. It's two things, really. First, it's a massive website, where you ca….
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RT @DavidjHendy: A year ago my colleagues at @SussexUni and I launched "Connected Histories of the BBC" in the Council Chamber of Broadcast….
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#OnThisDay ,1950, the #BBC opened Lime Grove Studios: 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:
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#OnthisDay in 1940 #Churchill delivered his first broadcast as #primeminister: .."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."
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#OnThisDay in 1932, #BroadcastingHouse opened. .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
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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.’ .#Coronation2023
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Jean D'Arcy, former Director of UN Radio & Programming for Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise talks about the early days of broadcasting #Eurovision..@BBCArchive #Eurovision2023
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In his #OralHistory interview, Tony Bridgewater, former @BBC Chief Television Engineer, talks about the first broadcasts of #Eurovision.
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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. . Engineer Tony Bridgewater talks about it in his #oralhistory interview on our site:
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