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Howzat! A brief history of cricket on the BBC
Simon Mahon
BBC Genome
Cricket coverage has evolved from instructional radio programming in the early years of the BBC to match reports and eventually live coverage throughout the day on television and radio. This blog will look at important moments in cricket broadcasting and the personalities involved.
Marconi - the Sound of Silence
Andrew Martin
BBC Genome
The life of Italian inventor Gulielmo Marconi, 1874-1937
Advent Calendar Day 18: An Experiment with Time and Christmas
Christmas in 1931 was celebrated by connecting with "various corners of the Empire."
Advent Calendar Day 14: A Poem
The magic of broadcasting in the 1920s was the very stuff of poetry.
Advent Calendar Day 12: The Hard Times
A poignant window to the Great Depression.
Meet Helen Clare, wartime BBC star
Meet Helen Clare, the wartime BBC star and early television pioneer who remembered her life through the BBC Genome listings.
Covering the Olympics
Michael Osborn
A glance at how the BBC has covered the Olympic Games through the decades and how Radio Times front pages have also evolved.
Happy birthday Genome!
To mark Genome's first anniversary, we delve back into the archives and look at how the BBC's boss paid tribute to the Radio Times when it marked its first birthday in 1924.
The Sunday Post: First issue
Andrew Martin
BBC Genome
A look at the very first listings to be published in The Radio Times.
