The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

Paul Kerensa

Be informed, educated and entertained by the amazing true story of radio’s forgotten pioneers. With host Paul Kerensa, great guests and rarely-heard clips from broadcasting’s golden era.

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The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

Episodes (100)

Yesterday #114 BBC Armistice Broadcasts in the 1920s - with Professor Rachel Cowgill
Feb 4th #113 Radio Caroline and The Fleet's Lit Up
Jan 16th #112 The First Radio Hoax: Broadcasting the Barricades - A Centenary Re-enactment

The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

Mar 1, 2026
34½ minutes
36 MB

11 November 1923: The BBC's first Armistice broadcast. Back in our moment-by-moment timeline of what happened on the early BBC, it's three days short of its first anniversary. The BBC aired 'The Great Silence', speeches including the Prime Minister... and then the questions began regarding the soundtrack to the Armistice commemorations. Foulds' A World Requiem, even if the Church might not like it? Elgar? Jerusalem? It's A Long Way To Tipperary? Classical or songs from the troops? And how do you broadcast a silence? Guiding us through the music and lack of it throughout the...

The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

#114 BBC Armistice Broadcasts in the 1920s - with Professor Rachel Cowgill

Paul Kerensa

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