Auntie Beeb is a celebration of classic television and radio shows broadcast on selected years in England.

Auntie Beeb is a celebration of classic television and radio shows broadcast on selected years in England.

A brand new series of podcasts in which we dive into the origins and history of the early days of broadcasting, remembered fondly by many as the Golden Age of Radio, or the OTR era. Join us daily as we take an academic-ish approach to the beginnings of electronic home entertainment medium in the USA, UK, Canada and beyond. You will learn about "Hooperatings", the importance of the Roman playwright Seneca, Théâtrophone, how the often lambasted BBC came to be the last man standing in its holding of the scripted radio fought, and of the impactfullness (if that's a real word!) of shows such as Dragnet and The Lone Ranger. Today, Steve sets out his stall, so to speak, to give you an idea of the flavour and direction of this new podcast. The audio in this version of the episode has been treated (boosted) for listeners in noisy places.

A brand new series of podcasts in which we dive into the origins and history of the early days of broadcasting, remembered fondly by many as the Golden Age of Radio, or the OTR era. Join us daily as we take an academic-ish approach to the beginnings of electronic home entertainment medium in the USA, UK, Canada and beyond. You will learn about "Hooperatings", the importance of the Roman playwright Seneca, Théâtrophone, how the often lambasted BBC came to be the last man standing in its holding of the scripted radio fought, and of the impactfullness (if that's a real word!) of shows such as Dragnet and The Lone Ranger. Today, Steve sets out his stall, so to speak, to give you an idea of the flavour and direction of this new podcast. For the techies and the nerds amongs you, this is the original, un-treated (raw) version of this episode.