The British Broadcasting Century podcast

Was here, informing/educating/entertaining about the BBC's early days. Now on other social mediums.
Podcast/Live show/Other things

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

This is @PaulKerensa calling (not official BBC)
A 3pt project:
🎙️PODCAST: BBC origin story, in 70+ parts https://t.co/Cf7sfsInIL
🎙️TOUR: 1922-23 Beeb, restaged https://t.co/5pEfN8bBDP
🎙️NOVEL: Auntie & Uncles, out 2023 https://t.co/jzsttdT9Z8
Help us out? https://t.co/uqd8mo6FwQ

[Paul Kerensa @paulkerensa]

Time to bail from here, alas.
It's not you, it's him. But you know that.
Can we pick things up elsewhere?
I'm on:
- FB (page)
- b sky (as paulkerensa + bbcentury)
- Insta
- Linkedin
- Substack
- Mailchimp
...Will that suffice? Do say if not.
Hate to lose ya, cos of him.

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

Oh and Patreon. How could I forget Patreon?!
You should DEFINITELY join me on that. (£5/mth, thanks for the support)
https://t.co/uqd8mo6FwQ

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

I've loved it here.
But alas, time to bail.
It's not you, it's him. But you know that.
Can we pick things up elsewhere?
-B Sky: bbcentury
-FB: British Broadcasting Century group + page (group's better)
-Substack, Insta, Mailchimp: as paulkerensa
Will that suffice? Say if not
😢

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

'Some Big Noises at 2LO'
Early BBC staffers Lewis, Burrows, Eckersley, Palmer, Reith, Rice and Carpendale - illustrated by E.S. Hynes in The Bystander, Oct 1924

[archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71]

The first episode of Rentaghost was broadcast on this day in 1976.

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

https://t.co/7S0gx3aTNi

[The History of European Theatre Podcast @THOETP]

New Episode! "Twelfth Night: ‘Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere’"

Episode 199: The line I have used for the title of today’s episode is spoken by Feste the foo…

Player links & show notes: https://t.co/S5qGdFD7rx

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

If you haven't already, catch my radio drama about the first radio drama on the link below...
...and the accompanying podcast about it is at: https://t.co/yvS3qQHFqq
Thanks if you have!

[Paul Kerensa @paulkerensa]

On Times Radio last night, m'radio drama The Truth About Phyllis Twigg was picked as Christmas radio highlight. Aw thanks!
Others have called it "a perfect radio play" + "a joyful listen".
Thanks if you've tuned in via your wireless set or BBC Sounds:
https://t.co/Rx1f0JKeQD

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

'Broadcast marks historic radio site's 100th year:
The message alerted the world that "British official wireless news messages" would be transmitted from 1 Jan 1926 "by the new high power wireless telegraph station recently erected at Hilmorton near Rugby'
https://t.co/MCH5RoWgQ3

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

100 years ago today, one of the only surviving recordings of the BBC in the 1920s - via America…
2 Jan 1926, Jean Lensen’s band were live from Ciro’s Club, Leicester Square, recorded by a US radio station:
https://t.co/zt5pG70PWG
(pic via Andrew Barker, rec via Jonathan Holmes)

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

The Archers cast recreate first episode for 75th anniversary
https://t.co/AcQydmxLql

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

Thanks for being here in 2025.
Stay tuned for more on ye olde BBC tale in 2026.
We'll cover Broadcasting the Barricades, Savoy bands, the General Strike, the first OB drama + more.
Here's an old pod to play us out, on the first BBC NYE, 1922-3:
https://t.co/xaTlBJIu7k
HNY!

[Morris Bright MBE @MorrisBrightMBE]

Delighted as he approaches 95yrs old, Roy Clarke who has penned 500 half hours of comedy inc Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances & Open All Hours has been awarded a Knighthood. Here at tribute I organised @PinewoodStudios. Roy is just the nicest guy I've interviewed

[Petroc Trelawny @PetrocTrelawny]

The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that https://t.co/5BTU2znm0F

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

103 years ago today, 30 December 1922:
John Reith arrives for his first day at the BBC.
In 1942's Picture Post, quoted in Briggs' The Birth of Broadcasting, Reith recalled his chat with the lift attendant:
(PS: I write this from Broadcasting House where it feels similarly empty)

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

Our most downloaded podcast eps in 2025:
5. Books on Broadcasting & Listen In Exhibition
4. Sykes Report + Early Recs Association
3. Sept 1923: Rob Roy
2. The Century: Story So Far, 1895-1923
1. Godfrey Isaacs: The Man Behind the BBC Idea
Find 'em all at https://t.co/B7uQGaIqxf

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

@piphilthims @back_the_BBC Definitely - I'd like to make the decision to watch or not watch knowing upfront if AI was involved.

[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

📻 Substack: My post about Phyllis Twigg’s timeline: https://t.co/sT8ZslC6rp

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And thanks for the lovely comments about it! Now to pitch the TV adaptation... and continue work on her biography.

(If you’re feeling extra generous, there’s [email protected] etc)

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[The British Broadcasting Century podcast @BBCentury]

If you’re looking for some listening/reading/viewing, here are my Twiggmas treats all in one place - all based on our Radio 4 retelling (on Christmas Eve 2025) of the first radio drama (on Christmas Eve 1922):

📻 Radio: The drama itself... https://t.co/QprDofaSxk

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📻 Patreon vid: My writer’s commentary about the drama (behind £5/mth paywall - do join): https://t.co/0J0cq4PETF

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