Judd, Denis. Alison Uttley. Michael Joseph.
206, 256
BBC
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Sylvia Pankhurst | The book was well received, and enhanced SP
's reputation with the general public. George Bernard Shaw
praised it in a speech on the BBC
in which he compared SP
to Joan of Arc
... |
| Literary responses | Ivy Compton-Burnett | Elizabeth Taylor
detailed the interest that attended this book's appearance. Published on a Monday, it was broadcast as a radio play on Wednesday, discussed on radio on Thursday by Daniel George
(who called the author... |
| Literary Setting | Maureen Duffy | |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Carol Shields | While she was enrolled in a magazine-writing course at the University of Toronto
, CS
wrote a story which to her amazement her instructor arranged to have broadcast on the CBC
, and over the... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Alison Uttley | |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Antonia White | |
| Occupation | Barbara Pym | This work had an impact on her own writing, which continued to be her primary focus. Hazel Holt
observes that she was a capable and conscientious editor but had no real interest in Africa as... |
| Occupation | Storm Jameson | In her autobiography Jameson also briefly mentions compiling a report on women in munitions factories for the Ministry of Supply
at this time. She spoke on the BBC
at least once, in a radio address... |
| Occupation | Mary Agnes Hamilton | MAH
served as a Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation
. She writes first that notice of the appointment came in December 1932, but twice later that she served from 1 January 1932. Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape. 280, 288, 295 Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape. 280, 288, 295 |
| Occupation | Viola Meynell | |
| Occupation | E. Arnot Robertson | During the Second World War, EAR
worked as a government adviser on films. After the war she returned to reviewing films on radio. She was a broadcaster of note, particularly as a panellist on The... |
| Occupation | Irene Handl | She was still working in the last year of her life, when she played another spiritualist medium role in Never Say Day, which was shown on BBC
Channel Four. |
| Occupation | Jan Struther | Her broadcasting career did not end with the war, but continued sporadically in the USA and even occasionally in England with the BBC
. Maxtone Graham, Ysenda. The Real Mrs Miniver. John Murray. 265 |
| Occupation | Mary Kingsley | MK
helped to initiate the Royal African Society
, which was founded in her name in 1901 just after her death. Today the Society's website offers a biography and some striking pictures of MK
... |
| Occupation | Maureen Duffy | She also participated in debates in the 1950s and 1960s on homosexual law reform in Britain. At the time when the 1967 Sexual Offences Act became law, she discussed the BBC
2 television documentary... |
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29 July 1948: The BBC broadcast a television programme...
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29 July 1948
The BBC
broadcast a television programme on the opening of the Olympic Games
from Wembley Stadium in still visibly bomb-damaged London. This was the first Olympics to be televised.
11 October 1948: The first outside BBC television broadcast...
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11 October 1948
The first outside BBC
television broadcast was made: from Number 10 Downing Street for the Commonwealth Conference
.
March 1949: Elizabeth Bowen's feature on 1918 was broadcast...
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March 1949
Elizabeth Bowen
's feature on 1918 was broadcast on the BBC
's Third Programme
series A Year I Remember.
29 July 1949: BBC television aired its first weather b...
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29 July 1949
BBC
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4 September 1949: The surface of the moon was televised by...
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4 September 1949
The surface of the moon was televised by the BBC
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16 January 1950: The BBC made its first broadcast of Listen...
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16 January 1950
The BBC
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23 February 1950: The General Election brought 84 percent of...
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23 February 1950
The General Election brought 84 percent of the British electorate out to vote. The BBC
aired the first televised report of results of this election.
27 August 1950: The BBC made its first live television broadcast...
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27 August 1950
The BBC
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30 September 1950: The BBC aired its first live air-to-ground...
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30 September 1950
The BBC
aired its first live air-to-ground television broadcast, from an aircraft in flight.
26 October 1950: The BBC made its first sound and television...
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26 October 1950
The BBC
made its first sound and television broadcast from the House of Commons, on the occasion of the opening of the rebuilt chamber.
January 1951: The Beveridge Committee on Broadcasting reported...
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January 1951
The BeveridgeCommittee on Broadcasting
reported that the propaganda power
“Media quotations from official sources”. Terra Media: Quotations.
1 January 1951: After a one-week trial the previous May,...
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1 January 1951
After a one-week trial the previous May, The Archers, countryside soap-opera of BBC
radio, began regular broadcasting; it soon attracted two million listeners.
May 1951: The BBC experimentally launched a comic radio...
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May 1951
The BBC
experimentally launched a comic radio series, Crazy People; as The Goon Show, it ran for nine years and became a household word.
6 June 1951: The BBC made its first broadcast from Buckingham...
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6 June 1951
The BBC
made its first broadcast from Buckingham Palace, on the occasion of a State Banquet for King Haakon
of Norway.
4 October 1951: E. M. Forster's praise for the accomplishments...
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4 October 1951
E. M. Forster
's praise for the accomplishments of the BBC's Third Programme
was published in The Listener.
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