Tag: bbc
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The Disc jockeys (1970)
Amazing look into the working of Radio 1 in 1970 by Man Alive. Featuring the likes of John Peel, Kenny Everett, Jimmy Young, Emperor Rosko and yes Tony Blackburn, it’s a critical look at the rise of the DJ. Several of them particularly doesn’t come over that well with Peel criticising the fact that some…
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Barefaced Greek
Talking as I was in the last post of taking culture to children, I went to a discussion at Senate House about the work of Barefaced Greek, who aimed originaly to take ancient greek texts and make short videos for 14-15 year olds, although it seems they have a wider audience now. They are in…
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Happy Birthday Radiophonic Workshop
BBC Radiophonic Workshop is 60 today, and the remaining members of the Workshop have posted this video to celebrate. It features a new track by Paddy Kingsland calles Radiophonic, and comes with some news – the back catalogue will be re-released on vinyl and CD, and a 60th box set with unreleased music. And, most…
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Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy reaches 40
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet where on 10:30 pm on Wednesday, 8th March 1978 a radio program went…