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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Agrégation 2021. The BBC 1922-1995 and public service broadcasting. Post 38: more key dates

 

Some more important events.

 

I recommend you make up your own timeline of the BBC, where you will place events which you think are key. Here are a few dates taken from the BBC online history feature « on this day ».

 

1953 The day the House of Lords vote their approval  for the introduction of commercial TV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/26/newsid_4032000/4032711.stm

 

1975 BBC presenter Ross McWhirter assassinated

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/27/newsid_2528000/2528787.stm

 

1983 TV cameras introduced into the House of  Lords (the House of Commons agreed later, but this decision showed a new view of what lawmaking should be, and what broadcasting should be.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/8/newsid_2536000/2536517.stm

 

 

 

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