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What better way to celebrate Delia Derbyshire Day than by entering the Radiophonic Workshop in 1965 for a look at how the pioneering sound engineer, along with colleague Dick Mills, realised Ron Grainer's famous Doctor Who theme...
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On 26 August 1939, the BBC Monitoring Service began, with several hundred 'monitors' gathering and interpreting international news as rapidly as possible.
These images were taken in 1945 at its base in Caversham Park, where it operated from between 1943 and 2018.
Image details...
1. The Library, showing some of the many foreign periodicals.
2. The Listening Room, showing a monitor hard at work.
3. The Central Hall, showing the maps covering all war activities.
4. The all important archive! All important transmissions received were recorded and the discs filed for future reference.
5. BBC Caversham Park, home to the BBC Monitoring Service from 1943-2018.
BBC Monitoring remains in operation today. Discover more on its history with The Global Jigsaw on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g2s73j
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On Saturday 22 August, 1964, Match of the Day made its broadcasting bow on BBC Two, with Liverpool vs Arsenal at Anfield kicking off proceedings. But who is your favourite from the four most frequent studio presenters over the show's 60 year stint - David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Des Lynam or Gary Lineker?
You can delve deeper into MotD history here: www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/
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On 14 August 2000, The Weakest Link was first broadcast, on BBC Two.
Goodbye.
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On 31 July 1985, The War Game, written and directed by Peter Watkins, was finally televised.
The Oscar-winning drama-documentary was originally considered "too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting" by the BBC in 1965.
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Regular BBC TV weather forecasts began (again*) on 29 July, 1949. Looks about right...
*Although originally introduced in 1936, TV forecasts were soon paused, until this revival saw them established as a broadcasting staple.
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The London Olympic Games of 1948 wasn't just a challenge for the competitors - the BBC was attempting the most wide-ranging TV outside broadcast in its history, providing 64 hours of programming.
These photos from the BBC Archive showcase some of what went into an endeavour later described in the 1948 BBC Yearbook as "a planning and operational problem which had never before been encountered in the history of any broadcasting organisation in the world".
Image 1: A BBC television camera capturing the release of 7,000 pigeons during the opening ceremony of the 1948 Olympic Games at the Empire Stadium, Wembley.
Image 2: Two of the new CPS Emitron cameras (CPS standing for Cathode Potential Stabilisation) being prepared for televising the events in the Empire Pool.
Image 3: Televising of a photo-finish photograph with the aid of a supplementary lens.
Image 4: Boxing in the Empire Pool, Wembley.
Image 5: The Television Control Room at BBC Broadcasting Centre, Wembley, for the 1948 Olympic Games. The monitors in the control room show the television pictures coming from the mobile units at the Empire Pool and the Empire Stadium, and also the picture being transmitted from Alexandra Palace. Changeovers from the pool to the stadium, and vice versa, are made here and the pictures are transmitted to Alexandra Palace over special cable.
Find out more about the broadcasting of the Olympic Games since the 1920s on the History of the BBC site: www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc
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On 8 July 1927, the UK's first Disc Jockey, Christopher Stone, presented his first record show on BBC Radio - in full DJ attire.
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If you're settling in for the graphical whizz-bangs that general election results coverage brings to our screens, we can chart at least some of their evolution for you.
Images...
1. Alfred Wurmser, designer of the animated captions, manipulating one of the caption cards during coverage of the general election results in 1951.
2. The O B Indicator Board shows the 18 outside broadcast locations making contributions to the general election results programme in 1955. In the foreground special effects operators wait to light up the appropriate panel on cue from the producer.
3. Studio 1, BBC Television Centre - the hub of the election results service in 1966. Robert McKenzie (presenter and psephologist) flanks the 'swing indicator', later referred to as the 'swingometer'.
4. Peter Snow, presenter of The Election Results programme in 1983, demonstrates the 'seat targets' graphic during a run-through.
5. Jeremy Vine stands in front of a greenscreen rehearsing his presentation of the general election graphics in the Election 2010 studio.
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Thursday, 13 June 1991, saw the final programme broadcast from Lime Grove Studios. The Late Show that day featured a high speed journey around the building, ending with a sequence where presenter Cliff Michelmore ceremonially pulled the plug on the television camera and, in doing so, the studio itself. After the BBC moved out, the buildings were demolished and houses built on the site.
Other images here...
The entrance and exterior of Lime Grove Studios (1970).
The acoustic padding in Studio G, believed to date from 1932 (date of photograph unknown).
The presentation and production team prepare for the general election results programme in Studio G (1959).
The rear end of an Emitron studio camera, type 10764 (1957). The picture on the electronic view finder is visible at the top end and the partially obscured handle immediately below is for changing the lenses on the turret. If anyone knows which programme is being filmed, do let us know in the comments!
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