Tagged with: 1950s
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Advent Calendar Day 4: Telly in the Cover
Day four is the cover of the 1956 Christmas edition of Radio Times magazine...
Easter treats
Michael Osborn
A look at Easter broadcasting through the years with a basket of treats from decades gone past from the listings and Radio Times.
Behind the camera: John Hunter Blair
Andrew Martin
BBC Genome
A profile of little-known BBC producer and editor John Hunter Blair, who steered the first episodes of broadcasting institution Blue Peter.
The Sunday Post: 'Britain's rudest man'
Andrew Martin
BBC Genome
A look at the screen career of Gilbert Harding, who became a famous personality just as most of Britain were becoming TV addicts.
Goodbye Grace
It's 60 years since the death of radio soap character Grace Archer caused a furore. But you wouldn't know by taking a look at the listings...
On This Day, 1991: Lime Grove Studios remembered
On 26 August 1991, the BBC broadcast a series of programmes marking the closure of Lime Grove Studios a month before.
On This Day, 1958: an armchair voyage to Istanbul
On July 28, 1958, you would have hopped on a cruise with Sir Mortimer Wheeler and the Hellenic Traveller's club to Istanbul and the Islands. You can now make that trip again on this archive programme on the BBC iPlayer.
