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MarconiNov 14, 1922

Charles de GaulleJun 18, 1940

Samuel BeckettJan 13, 1957

John CleeseJan 18, 1973

Douglas AdamsMar 8, 1978

Alan SugarFeb 16, 2005

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Bbc - Historical Events
Date Event
1922-10-18

British Broadcasting Company (BBC) founded (later called British Broadcasting Corporation)

1922-11-14

BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House

1922-12-23

BBC Radio began daily newscasts

1922-12-24

BBC broadcasts 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas"

1923-12-31

BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID

1924-02-05

The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".

1930-10-22

1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult

1932-08-22

BBC begins experimental regular TV broadcasts

1936-11-02

First high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London

1938-08-14

BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)

1940-05-24

Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio

1940-06-18

Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers

1941-07-19

BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) ("...-" in Morse code) (opening of Beethoven's 5th symphony)

1942-01-29

1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC

1949-07-29

BBC radio begins broadcasting

1950-08-27

1st transmission of a TV programme from continental Europe shown on BBC

1954-07-05

The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.

1955-09-22

(ITV) Commercial TV begins in UK; meanwhile on BBC radio Grace Archer is killed in a barn fire on Brookfield Farm - the BBC denied that this was a spoiler!

1957-01-13

"All that Fall", first radio play by Samuel Beckett, aired on BBC Third Programme

1960-01-28

Goon Show's final episode on BBC

1962-03-07

Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio

1962-03-08

Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC)

1963-06-04

1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio

1963-06-24

1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London

1964-05-18

David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC

1965-11-13

Director Kenneth Tynan says the word "Fuck" on BBC

1966-02-05

BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island

1967-05-20

BBC bans the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" because of drug references

1967-07-01

1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2

1967-07-01

BBC starts their World Radio Club

1967-09-30

BBC starts its own popular music radio station (Radio 1)

1967-11-22

BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles

1967-12-26

BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour"

1968-03-07

The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television.

1969-03-28

Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.

1969-04-25

5,400th & last episode of BBC Radio serial "The Dales" (formerly "Mrs Dale's Diary" )

1969-05-23

BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969-10-05

Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC

1970-06-03

Ray Davies of Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC coml reference ban

1971-02-09

5 men are killed near a BBC transmitter on Brougher Mountain, County Tyrone, in a landmine attack carried out by the Irish Republican Army

1972-02-10

BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings

1972-11-30

BBC bans Wings' "Hi, Hi, Hi"

1973-01-14

Tap dancer Roy Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV

1973-01-18

John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC

1974-09-23

BBC Ceefax begins 1st teletext service

1974-12-05

Monty Python's Flying Circus final episode airs on BBC

1978-03-08

The first-ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.

1978-07-13

BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"

1979-06-30

Johnny Rotten & Joan Collins appear together on BBC TV's Juke Box Jury

1982-05-23

BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina

1984-10-23

NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine

1985-09-18

BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston

1990-02-25

On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long

1994-03-28

BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom

1994-11-30

Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at the BBC", is released in Britain

2001-03-04

A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 11 people. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA.

2005-02-16

The UK version of "The Apprentice" with British business magnate Alan Sugar premieres on the BBC

2006-07-30

World's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.

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Bbc - Notable Birthdays

David AttenboroughMay 8, 1926

Bbc - Birthdays
Date Event
1866-10-12

Ramsay MacDonald, BBC: The Voice of Britain

1867-08-03

Stanley Baldwin, BBC: The Voice of Britain

1889-04-08

Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor/composer (BBC Sym Orch)

1889-07-20

John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st dir-gen BBC (1927-38)

1904-05-08

John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator

1904-05-08

John Snagge, commentator (BBC)

1907-02-07

E.W. Swanton, BBC TV Cricket

1907-08-18

Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC)

1908-01-18

Jacob Bronowski, Łódź, Poland, Polish-born British mathematician and science writer best known as the presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man

1909-05-20

John Arkell, director of administration (BBC)

1912-06-24

Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur)

1912-11-20

Wilf Wooller, BBC TV Cricket

1915-05-15

Maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service)

1916-12-25

Noel Annan, Misrule Britannia: To BBC or not to BBC

1923-08-29

Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)

1925-04-27

Derek Chinnery, Jimmy Savile: What the BBC Knew

1926-03-12

Gudrun Ure, British actress (Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer)

1926-05-08

David Attenborough, London UK, Naturalist, TV producer and host (BBC "Life" Series)

1928-11-12

Robert Holness, Natal, South Africa, English radio and television presenter (BBC), (d. 2012)

1929-05-18

Norman St. John Stevas, BBC 3

1930-08-23

Jack Bannister, cricketer (Warwickshire stalwart)/commentator (BBC)

1930-08-23

Jack Bannister, BBC TV Cricket

1931-04-15

Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor (Ireland)

1934-08-22

Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser (BBC)

1935-05-15

Ted Dexter, BBC TV Cricket

1936-02-17

Peter Walker, BBC TV Cricket

1936-08-01

Laurie Taylor, Liverpool, English sociologist and broadcaster (BBC Radio 4)

1937-10-07

Christopher Booker, BBC 3

1938-10-08

David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service)

1941-08-30

Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess

1942-07-17

Peter Sissons, BBC News at Ten O'Clock

1944-01-27

Mairead Corrigan, BBC World Peacemaker Debate 1

1944-01-30

Lynn Harrell, Prom 26: French Night with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

1946-01-24

John Harrison, South Africa correspondent (BBC)

1948-01-28

Gareth Roscoe, legal adviser (BBC)

1949-03-22

Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman (BBC)

1951-02-23

Nicholas Kenyon, controller (BBC Radio 3)

1951-03-08

Phil Edmonds, BBC TV Cricket

1952-9-27

Rob Bonnet, BBC News 24

1957-11-17

Debbie Thrower, BBC News Reader

1957-9-29

Chris Broad, BBC TV Cricket

1959-10-16

John Whittingdale, Jimmy Savile: What the BBC Knew

1964-05-24

Adrian Moorhouse, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1969-05-14

Simon Brotherton, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1974-04-26

Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)

1976-08-01

Ed Veal, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1976-12-23

Nayan Gauba, BBC Music Awards 2014

1979-07-25

Elisabeth Mondon, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1980-05-09

Kate Richardson-Walsh, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1981-01-20

Christine Bleakley, BBC Television Host

1981-02-26

Danica Bonello Spiteri, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1981-08-26

Kate McIlroy, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1981-10-15

Gillian Sanders, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1981-9-01

James Millar, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1982-04-04

Andrea Hewitt, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1982-04-23

Victoria Lea Male, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1982-06-15

Aileen Reid, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1982-10-14

Marc Ryan, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1982-11-14

Zach Bell, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1982-9-11

Louise Rennicks, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1983-02-28

Nicky Samuels, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1983-06-07

Colin Oates, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1983-06-20

Kate Roberts, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1983-9-12

Elen Sophie Barnes, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1984-03-16

Rachael Sapera James, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1984-04-24

Katrin Budd, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1984-08-07

Xavier Koenig, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1984-9-07

Emma Moffatt, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1985-02-11

Neuso Sigauque, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1985-03-12

Ed Clancy, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1985-05-21

Alex Danson, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1985-12-10

Jessie Emma de Boer, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1986-01-12

Vicky Holland, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1986-03-18

Mark Matechuk, BBC Human Planet: The Douche

1986-07-20

Rachael Cordingley, BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014

1986-12-03

Leah Julia Wilkinson, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1987-03-09

Andy Tennant, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1987-04-07

Glenn Snyders, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1987-11-28

Emma Batten, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1987-12-14

Lauren Boyle, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1987-9-30

Flora Duffy, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1988-01-20

Nicola White, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1988-01-20

Colin Bensadon, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1988-02-11

Kimberley Rennicks, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1988-02-24

Connie Ramsay, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1988-02-26

Thomas Hollingsworth, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1988-03-04

Steven Burke, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1988-03-08

Laura Unsworth, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1988-03-22

Fabienne St. Louis, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1988-03-23

Jason Kenny, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1988-07-21

Robbie Renwick, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1988-08-05

Michael Jamieson, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1988-10-06

Anthony Brindle, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1988-10-08

Maddie Hinch, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1988-10-18

Sam Quek, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1988-10-29

Ryan Cochrane, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1988-9-24

Kirsten Sweetland, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1989-02-02

Shane Archbold, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1989-02-08

Jodie Stimpson, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1989-02-21

Susie Gilbert, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1989-06-10

Ellie Watton, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1989-06-14

Glenn O'Shea, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1989-06-25

Alys Brooks, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1989-07-13

Jack Bobridge, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1989-07-16

Gareth Bale, BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014

1989-07-28

Susannah Townsend, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1989-08-08

Hannah Miley, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1989-12-01

Sarah-Anne Brault, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1989-12-24

Kalpana Thoudam, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-03-17

Zoe Shipperley, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-05-08

Luke Davison, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-05-12

Suari Madako Junior Suari, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1990-05-12

Sophie Bray, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-06-01

Kai Quan Danny Yeo, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1990-06-25

Sarah Jones, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-06-29

Rob Holderness, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1990-07-04

Remi Pelletier, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-10-10

Carys Tucker, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-11-09

Francesca Jones, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-11-21

Georgie Twigg, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1990-12-03

Andrew Willis, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1990-9-19

Hollie Webb, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1991-02-25

Ashleigh Gentle, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1991-03-17

Dylan Dunlop-Barrett, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1991-03-30

Abigail Welsford, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1991-06-19

Sian French, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1991-07-01

Jessica Pengelly, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1991-08-15

Ellen Gandy, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1991-08-20

Emma Jackson, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1991-9-20

Sophie Clayton, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1992-01-15

Matthew Stanley, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1992-01-19

Rene Warnes, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1992-02-21

Lucy Hall, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1992-03-31

Giselle Ansley, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1992-05-21

Devon Brown, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1992-07-25

David Mckeon, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1992-07-26

Samantha Lucie-Smith, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1992-08-18

Ting Wen Quah, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1992-08-20

Callum Skinner, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1992-08-23

Lewis Oliva, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1992-11-22

Richard Funk, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1992-12-18

Ellen Pennock, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1992-9-19

Xenna Hughes, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1993-02-06

Alyson Ackman, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1993-02-26

Aimee Willmott, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1993-03-02

Pieter Bulling, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1993-03-26

Phoebe Richards, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1993-04-14

Daniel Wallace, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1993-07-09

Ieuan Lloyd, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1993-08-04

Joanne Westwood, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1993-11-12

James Wilby, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1993-12-22

Alex Edmondson, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1993-12-26

Ntseke Setho, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1993-9-19

Keryn Mcmaster, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1994-01-14

Ross Murdoch, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1994-02-22

Lucy Wood, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1994-03-03

Brittany Maclean, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1994-04-02

Emma Sharkey, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1994-04-09

Calum Tait, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1994-04-29

Stephen Milne, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1994-05-05

Luke Belton, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1994-08-11

Marni Oldershaw, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1994-10-17

Hanifa Said, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1994-12-08

Dylan Kennett, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1994-12-10

Lily Owsley, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1994-12-28

Adam Peaty, BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014

1995-01-03

Aidan Caves, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1995-01-21

Elizabeth Bingham, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1995-02-11

Danielle Lowe, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1995-03-28

Onoh-Obasi Okey, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1995-04-24

Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1995-05-27

Emilie Ng Foong Po, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1995-06-09

Jordan Harrison, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1995-06-19

Erika Kong Chia Chia, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1995-11-26

James Guy, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1995-11-27

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1995-12-03

Zara Bailey, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1996-01-13

Danielle Jordan, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1996-01-23

Evan White, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1996-01-30

Dylan Carter, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1996-03-07

Dustin Tynes, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1996-04-25

Mack Horton, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1996-10-25

Guy Davies, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1996-10-30

Christopher Cheong, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1996-12-31

Jessica Klimklat, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 13:45-15:00

1997-07-25

Joanna Evans, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1997-10-04

Emily Overholt, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

1998-01-29

Micah Jai Fernandes, Glasgow 2014: BBC Two: Day 1: 13:00-13:45

1999-04-12

Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh, Glasgow 2014: BBC One: Day 1: 09:00-12:00

Bbc - Weddings
Date Event
2005-12-15

"Eastenders" actress Elaine Lordan (39) weds BBC manager Peter Manuel at Islington Town Hall in London

Bbc - Deaths
Date Event
1937-11-05

Ramsay MacDonald, BBC: The Voice of Britain

1947-12-14

Stanley Baldwin, BBC: The Voice of Britain

1974-08-22

Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British mathematician and science writer best known as the presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man, dies of a heart attack at 66

1987-09-06

William Haley, Hilsen fra BBC

1993-02-09

David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54

1994-01-05

Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 yrs), dies

1994-03-09

John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48

1994-09-08

Rex Alston, cricketer (distinguished BBC commentator), dies

1995-01-04

Leonard Hirsch, Brit violinist/conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92

1996-03-25

John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, news commentator (BBC), dies at 91

1996-04-20

Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88

1997-03-10

Wilf Wooller, BBC TV Cricket

1997-07-15

Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70

1997-09-06

P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918)

2000-01-22

E.W. Swanton, BBC TV Cricket

2000-02-21

Noel Annan, Misrule Britannia: To BBC or not to BBC

2002-09-23

Veteran BBC/Radio Ceylon Broadcaster, Vernon Corea died in New Malden, Surrey, UK at 75

2012-03-02

Norman St. John Stevas, BBC 3

2015-03-22

Derek Chinnery, Jimmy Savile: What the BBC Knew

2015-11-03

Peter Donaldson dead: BBC Radio 4 newsreader dies aged 70

2016-01-31

Terry Wogan, Beloved BBC Presenter, Dies at 77

2016-03-17

Cliff Michelmore: BBC radio and TV broadcaster dies aged 96

2016-03-18

Cliff Michelmore, veteran BBC TV and radio presenter dies aged 96

2016-11-08

Veteran BBC broadcaster Jimmy Young dies aged 95

2017-01-03

Former BBC radio presenter Brian Widlake dies aged 85

2017-02-06

BBC Radio 4 newsreader Howard Philpott dies aged 63 after cancer battle

2017-02-21

BBC Radio 4 presenter Steve Hewlett dies aged 58 after cancer battle

2017-04-06

Veteran BBC broadcaster Brian Matthew dies aged 88

2017-05-30

John Noakes 1934 - 2017: Former BBC Blue Peter presenter dies aged 83


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