Music

Christopher Stone, one of the BBC's first DJs, introduces gramophone discs.

Poet Ezra Pound writes an opera for radio & listens to it on the BBC in an Italian kitchen

Soft Lights and Sweet Music from one of the first black women on the BBC.

Suffragette and composer Dame Ethel Smyth remembers meeting her hero in 1877.

Vera Lynn presents a weekly letter in words and music.

Ken Bruce reveals the secret of Friday Night is Music Night's longevity.

A massive radio sci-fi success, and how radio faced the evil threat of TV drama...

As rock 'n' roll seizes Britain, a group of lads get ticked off by a magistrate.

Jolly joshing between the Beatles and a BBC reporter.

Listener Tris Penna recalls listening to Brian Matthew in bed with his transistor radio.

The day a Radio 3 producer asked Jimi Hendrix to keep the noise down

Tour Manager Richard Greaves relives a day in the life of the Radio 1 Roadshow.

On the first night of 24 hour national broadcasting - Radio 2 DJs on how to fill the time.

Grace Dent explains her teenage love of Our Tune.

How to 'fill' for 30 minutes, by Radio 3's Suzy Klein.

Andy Kershaw on an early trip to Mali.

A shout going out to Radio 1's official start to the weekend.

A Shropshire listener recalls hearing 1Xtra for the first time.

John Peel in his own words, which were heard on BBC radio for almost 40 years.

Heel Toe Step Together - an octogenarian dancer teaching a 28 year old how to waltz.

An archived documentary about the BBC Singers from 2005-2006, Louise Fryer presents.