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2007 Alan Coren, English writer, satirist, and humorist, worked with the BBC, died of necrotising fasciitis
2007 BBC journalist Alan Johnston is freed by Palestinian kidnappers 2002 Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1998 Joan Hickson, actress, Miss Marple for the BBC, dies at 92 1997 Alan Charig, paleontologist, BBC science show presenter, dies at 70 1996 Hugo Gryn, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue, dies at 66 1996 Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72 1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88 1996 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, news commentator (BBC), dies at 91 1995 Peter Woods, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News, dies at 64 1995 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and conducter, BBC Empire Orchestra, dies at 92 1994 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, Live at BBC, is released in Britain 1994 Roy Castle, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show', dies at age 62 in Buckinghamshire, England 1994 John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48 1993 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54 1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long 1987 1st condom commercial on BBC TV 1984 NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine 1982 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina 1979 Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury 1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent" 1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC 1974 Monty Python's final episode airs on BBC 1974 BBC Ceefax begins 1st teletext service 1973 John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC 1973 Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/minute on BBC TV 1972 BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi" 1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings 1970 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 1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC 1969 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969 BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode 1967 BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour" 1967 BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles 1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2 1967 BBC starts their World Radio Club 1967 BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references) 1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island 1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC 1963 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London 1963 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio 1962 Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC) 1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 1960 Ian Hislop, born in Mumbles, Wales, writer, editor, Private Eye magazine, broadcaster, radio, television, team captain on BBC's 'Have I Got News for You' 1960 Goon Show's final episode on BBC 1959 Paul McGann, born in Liverpool, England, actor, breakout role in BBC's The Monocled Mutineer, appeared as Eighth Doctor in 1996 television movie, Dr. Who 1955 Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy' 1953 Judi Spiers, born in Britain, Judith Marilyn Spiers, British radio and television presenter, hosted Mr TSW and Miss TSW local beauty contests for new south-west station TSW, appeared in six editions of daytime chat show, presented on Open Air, a BBC1 access television program, in 1986, and Pebble Mill program 1992- 1995, presenter, BBC Radio Devon since 2005 1951 Nicholas Kenyon, controller, BBC Radio 3 1950 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC 1950 David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1949 BBC radio begins broadcasting 1949 Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman, BBC 1948 Gareth Roscoe, legal adviser, BBC 1947 Simon Bates, born in Birmingham, English, UK disc jockey, worked at BBC Radio 1 1976 - 1993, and Classic FM 1946 John Harrison, South Africa correspondent, BBC 1945 Dave Lee Travis, born in Derbyshire, England, radio presenter, stage name DLT, hosted shows on Garrison Radio, BBC Radio 1, Magic Network, DAB Digital Radio 1943 Bert Jansch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, folk artist, acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the band Pentangle, winner, BBC Folk Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award 1942 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC 1941 BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (...-) 5th of Beethoven 1940 General Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers 1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio 1940 Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1938 David Willis, British journalist, BBC World Service 1938 BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) 1938 Alan Coren, born in London, England, English writer, satirist, and humorist, worked with the BBC 1936 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London 1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC 1932 Roy Castle, born in Scholes, England, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show' 1931 Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor, Ireland 1930 Peter Woods, born in Britain, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News 1930 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult 1930 Jack Bannister, cricketer, Warwickshire stalwart, commentator, BBC 1930 Hugo Gryn, born in Britain, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue 1928 Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1926 Richard F. Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist, BBC 1926 Gudrun Ure, British actress, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer 1923 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID 1923 Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener 1922 BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas" 1922 BBC Radio began daily newscasts 1922 BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House 1922 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms 1915 Maurice B. Latey, commentator, BBC World Service 1914 George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States, became screenwriter, translated works by Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch 1912 Brian Johnston, cricketer, BBC radio commentator and cake connoisseur 1909 John Arkell, director of administration, BBC 1908 Albrecht Goes, born in Germany, pastor with the German army, writer, novelist, BBC Television in the United Kingdom adapted Unruhige Nacht in 1950, his novel, translated in English as 'Arrow to the Heart' 1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive, BBC 1904 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator 1904 John Snagge, commentator, BBC 1889 John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st director-general BBC, 1927-38 1889 Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Symphony Orchestra |
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