You can now learn about the people of the BBC through the Connected Histories of the BBC. The Arts and Humanities Research Council funded a six-year oral history project where the majority of recordings are from 1972-2001. The interviews are a mixture of video and audio-only and are normally accompanied by transcripts. Topics covered include the history of broadcasting at the BBC, the evolution of job descriptions and programme content.
For themed guides to the collections explore the Voices of the BBC - for your convenience, the themes are listed here:
- Inventing the future
- Entertaining the UK
- The BBC and the Cold War
- The BBC and World War Two
- Pioneering women
- People, nation and empire
- Radio reinvented
- The birth of TV
- Elections
- BBC memories