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The Guardian - Culture Edit Unfollow 100 years of the BBC: part one – the first live FA Cup final and the dawn of true crime by Mark Lawson Sep 26, 2022 Our series on the most defining moments of the BBC kicks off in the 1920s with a Churchill broadside, quadrant-based football commentary and a mid-broadcast collapse • Share your favourite ever BBC shows here On 18 October, the BBC marks the 100th birthday of its foundation (one month before it started regular radio broadcasting). It will be hoping the celebrations make the case for its continuation, amid discussions with the government over the broadcaster’s form and funding after the current agreement runs out in 2027. Given political pressure for the BBC to become more commercial, there’s an irony that it was exactly that a century ago. The British Broadcasting Corporation, state-owned under royal charter, has only existed since 1 January 1927. From 18 October 1922 until then, it was the British Broadcasting Company – a consortium of wireless receiver manufacturers. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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