The BBC Broadcasting House

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Broadcasting House The first purpose-built broadcast centre in the UK Designed by G Val Myer and built in 1932, Broadcasting House was the BBC's first purpose-built home for radio broadcasting. It is situated in central London between Oxford Street and...

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Alexandra Palace: the birthplace of TV

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Alexandra Palace The birthplace of television Alexandra Palace is situated in North London and known around the world as the birthplace of television. In fact it was never owned by the BBC, but in 1935 the Corporation leased the eastern part of the building...

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Woman's Hour launched 70 years ago

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Seventy years ago, radio history was made. At 2pm on 7 October 1946, the very first Woman’s Hour was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme. Every weekday thereafter, the hour-long magazine featured musical requests, listeners’ questions, a serial and “talks...

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The Moonstone

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Here they are – the cast of BBC1's latest period drama The Moonstone. Miranda's Sarah Hadland stars alongside Cold Feet actor John Thomson in the new version of Wilkie Collins' 1868 mystery, believed by many to be the first ever detective novel. Thomson...

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Could this be the final ever series of Sherlock?

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Sherlock fans: brace yourself. Benedict Cumberbatch just hinted the BBC detective drama could be reaching its natural end. Speaking to GQ magazine about the upcoming series of the show, Cumberbatch said it felt “complete” and like “the end of an era”....

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