The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

#010 2ZY Manchester: Are You Sitting Comfortably? (with Chris Jarvis)


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In episode 10, we journey through the round window... 2ZY Manchester arrives in mid-May 1922, then children's broadcasting in mid-November: Kiddies Corner, as part of a night of General Election results. Weird.

 

Hear the voices that started children's broadcasting: Kenneth Wright (aka Uncle Humpty Dumpty) and Reginald Jordan (a 10-year-old radio announcer). 

 

Back in the present day, CHRIS JARVIS (CBeebies, CBBC, Children's BBC, 'The Anorak', Show Me Show Me, Stargazing... etc etc etc) joins us for an exclusive chat about the role of children's TV and radio, right up to his brand new project, Magic Den for CBeebies Radio.

 

Expect a short break before ep11 (it's summer hols), as we stampede towards the birth of the Beeb in a few episodes' time.

 

We aren't affiliated to said Beeb in any way at all. We just like talking about them, and where they've come from, and maybe where they're going.

 

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Thanks Will Farmer for the original music.

 

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