75 Years of the BBC It contains programme extracts which will not only capture the history but also the essence of the period. Including the first ever broadcast, the General Strike, Toytown, the Abdication speech, the outbreak of World War Two, The Dales, the World at One, Just a Minute, Desert Island Discs, the start of Radio 1, The Falklands, The Gulf War, and much more, up to the present day. (Available from HMV) 
DISC 1 2LO calling John Reith Lord Gainford: Savoy Hil opens 1 May 1923 Brown Eyes Why Are You Blue? The Nightingale & the Cello A.J. Allan Rev. John Mayo Vita Sackville-West Val Gielgud Danger H.M. King George V 23 April 1924 General Strike news bulletins May 1926 England v. Wales Little Betty Bouncer Toytown Sir Henry Wood Sir John Reith: Savoy Hill closes 3 May 1932 Ten Shillings a Year H.G. Wells 19 november 1932 Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin M.P. 1 July 1932 H.M. King George V 25 December 1932 John Henry and Blossom Illness of H.M. King George V Funeral of H.M. King George V Reoccupation of the Rhineland news bulletin Abdication speech from H.R.H. Prince Edward Steel. Edmund Willard Monday Night at Seven Crystal Palace fire The Fleet's Lit Up Band Waggon Spanish Civil War Outbreak of War Evacuation, Waterloo Station An evacuee H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill Broadcasting House Bomb (reconstruction) Firewatching on Broadcasting House Postscript to the News ITMA, Happidrome, Workers' Playtime BBC Doctor News bulletins The Brains Trust The Man born to be King Normandy, Arnhem, Belsen Surrender in Europe Atomic Bomb news bulletin
DISC 2 How to Listen Housewives' Choice Have a Go The Boat Race The Dark Tower Dick Barton Korean War Children's Hour Listen with Mother Lying in State of H.M. King George VI Under Milk Wood All That Fall The Goon Show / Hancocks Half Hour The Archers Any Questions ? Woman's Hour Sports Report Opening of Radio 1 Round the Horne I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again The World this Weekend Letter from America The Dales Radio Sheffield Radio Taunton Just a Minute Terry Wogan & Jimmy Young Desert Island Discs The Hitch - Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Artist Descending John Peel John Lennon The Lord of the Rings Winnie the Pooh Genesis The Falklands War Hillsborough Brian Redhead Radio Ulster Radio 5 Live Terry Waite / Mikhail Gorbachev The Berlin Wall comes down Letter to Daniel The Moral maze Last Night of the Proms Brain Johnson and Jonathon Agnew Spoonface Steinberg
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