Episode 67 is a special:

A Brief History of Coronation Broadcasts (or Broadcast Coronations)

How the BBC has brought two such ceremonies to the air, as they (and others) now tackle a third, for King Charles III.

We'll tell you all about the two previous on-air crownings, of George VI and Elizabeth II, both on radio and TV - but first we'll go back to the four monarchs before them:

• Queen Victoria's (1938) used a certain technological advancement to bring more eyes than ever before to a coronation procession.

• Watch Georges Méliès' film The Coronation of Edward VII (1902): https://youtu.be/ME6z810Zre8

• That newsreel footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8SoUPxIkZ8 

• BBC radio's coronation broadcast - Stuart Hibberd, John Snagge etc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPE4GIp9kE - thanks to Random Radio Jottings blog

• The complete ceremony, televised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52NTjasbmgw

• Here's a nice guide to the televised coronation, past and present: https://news.sky.com/story/the-kings-coronation-will-be-televised-and-much-more-how-ways-to-watch-have-changed-since-the-queen-was-crowned-12848891

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