Standing by to follow in the footsteps of Arthur Burrows who was the first voice on the BBC, reading the 6pm news bulletin on 14th November 1922.
P.S there’s a special treat at the end…
The first news bulletin on the BBC was read twice; the second time slower so people could take notes apparently. No time for that today I’m afraid - you’ll just have to keep up!
#happybirthday
Jane Steel and I are doing this in about a week’s time. I am so far out of my comfort zone it’s ridiculous. I’m not even sure what I do can be considered ‘running’
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City dwellers this will mean nothing to you, but for some country folk....that small orange thing in the distance is Broadband and it is HEADING THIS WAY!
I have always known i had the best colleagues in the continuity department of Radio 4 - but today they have surpassed all joy - look at what they have done to the rather grey box they live in... brain child of
@Arlene_Fleming1
and her "little helper" Tom Sanders... 😂
I’m being asked a lot about the various pronunciations of Kyiv. This is the guidance from the bbc pronunciation unit. It’s an anglicisation of the Ukrainian.