Also posting BBC history things here as bbcentury.bsky.social, so follow that too, or don’t. And breathe.
paulkerensa.com/oldradio
I'm sure that what the BBC could be is always > than what it is. Its goals are immense + often unachievable. But 1000s of staff do what they can to get it there.
And I've loved delving into how it began...
(...well, I hope it's happy)
Here are our podcasts on:
🎙️ How it began: tiny.cc/bbcentury037
📻 Its first day (inc re-enactment) - 14 Nov 1922: tiny.cc/bbcentury018
🔊100 years in 100 minutes: tiny.cc/bbcentury057
Thanks for so much, Beeb.
Here's to the next, er, 103 years?
I'm sure that what the BBC could be is always > than what it is. Its goals are immense + often unachievable. But 1000s of staff do what they can to get it there.
And I've loved delving into how it began...
These are celebs who've confirmed they were approached but turned it down...
Miriam Margolyes
Richard Osman
Alastair Campbell
Rory Stewart
Karren Brady
Lorraine Kelly
Daisy May Cooper
Charlie Cooper
Ricky Gervais
Martin Lewis
These are celebs who've confirmed they were approached but turned it down...
Miriam Margolyes
Richard Osman
Alastair Campbell
Rory Stewart
Karren Brady
Lorraine Kelly
Daisy May Cooper
Charlie Cooper
Ricky Gervais
Martin Lewis
12 Nov 1925 saw a bizarre broadcast:
'Mass Telepathy: An Experiment in Thought Reading In which every listener will be invited to assist'
We're recreating it on the podcast.
Subscribe to get it, free:
podfollow.com/bbcentury
A dramatic centenary re-enactment of an odd lost broadcast...
On 12 Nov 1925, a celebrity panel tried to read the minds of BBC listeners. It was a disaster.
On 12 Nov 2025, we dramatise it, based on newspaper articles.
Enjoy! We did. Hic.
bbcentury.podbean.com/e/108-mass-t...
On 12 Nov 1925 a celeb panel in a fancy hotel enjoyed wine + a gothic parlour game. The Celebrity Traitors of 1925!
On 12 Nov 2025 we re-enact 'An Evening of Mass Telepathy'.
Enjoy!
pod.fo/e/350fce
On 12 Nov 1925 a celeb panel in a fancy hotel enjoyed wine + a gothic parlour game. The Celebrity Traitors of 1925!
On 12 Nov 2025 we re-enact 'An Evening of Mass Telepathy'.
Enjoy!
pod.fo/e/350fce
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups....
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups....
Subscribe here, and it'll be yours as soon as it lands...
podfollow.com/bbcentury
12 Nov 1925 saw a bizarre broadcast:
'Mass Telepathy: An Experiment in Thought Reading In which every listener will be invited to assist'
We're recreating it on the podcast.
Subscribe to get it, free:
podfollow.com/bbcentury
Subscribe here, and it'll be yours as soon as it lands...
podfollow.com/bbcentury
Who Let the DGs Out? The 17 BBC Directors-General... (as Tim Davie prepares to regenerate into the 18th)
Including the role of Panorama in making/breaking DGs... and a GREAT joke about the only joint Directors-General.
Here for you:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkere...
Who Let the DGs Out? The 17 BBC Directors-General... (as Tim Davie prepares to regenerate into the 18th)
Including the role of Panorama in making/breaking DGs... and a GREAT joke about the only joint Directors-General.
Here for you:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkere...
x 19 players = £760k total
£1.5m = Nigel Farage's reported fee for I'm a Celebrity 2023
so
£Balding+Beaumont+Bonnar+Burns+Carr+Church+Codd+Daley+Empson+Faith+Fry+Garraway+Imrie+Marler+Mohammed+Omilana+Olusoga+Ross+Wilkinson = 1/2 £Farage
x 19 players = £760k total
£1.5m = Nigel Farage's reported fee for I'm a Celebrity 2023
so
£Balding+Beaumont+Bonnar+Burns+Carr+Church+Codd+Daley+Empson+Faith+Fry+Garraway+Imrie+Marler+Mohammed+Omilana+Olusoga+Ross+Wilkinson = 1/2 £Farage
This weekend (comedy clubs, with other acts):
Fri 7 - Southern Maltings, WARE
Sat 8 - Riverside Arts, SUNBURY
Next weekend (church solo shows):
Fri 14 - St Boniface, BUNBURY nr Chester
Sat 15 - ASHBOURNE Elim, Derbyshire
Do come out to play
paulkerensa.com/gigguide
This weekend (comedy clubs, with other acts):
Fri 7 - Southern Maltings, WARE
Sat 8 - Riverside Arts, SUNBURY
Next weekend (church solo shows):
Fri 14 - St Boniface, BUNBURY nr Chester
Sat 15 - ASHBOURNE Elim, Derbyshire
Do come out to play
paulkerensa.com/gigguide
Mr Beast gives away $10m, no one’s really bothered.
Celia Imrie farts and us Brits go bananas for it.
An earned win on #celebritytraitors.
Roll on next series, hopefully starring Lorraine Kelly, Guy Goma and Bob Carolgees & Spit the Dog (as separate players)
Mr Beast gives away $10m, no one’s really bothered.
Celia Imrie farts and us Brits go bananas for it.
An earned win on #celebritytraitors.
Roll on next series, hopefully starring Lorraine Kelly, Guy Goma and Bob Carolgees & Spit the Dog (as separate players)
- BBC Radio2: Pause for Thought with Scott Mills - see pic, or hear here from 50:30:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- PremierRadio: chat with Esther Higham on its biblical parallels & finale predictions: www.premier.plus/inspirationa...
- BBC Radio2: Pause for Thought with Scott Mills - see pic, or hear here from 50:30:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- PremierRadio: chat with Esther Higham on its biblical parallels & finale predictions: www.premier.plus/inspirationa...
Maybe season 2?
Maybe season 2?
Episode 107: On-Air Criticisms, Comedy, James Cary and Miranda Hart
Meet the BBC's first on-air critics: books, music, film, drama... plus more recent insights on Miranda, Only Fools and old BBC promo ads
Enjoy! If you like it, do share it.
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/349060
Episode 107: On-Air Criticisms, Comedy, James Cary and Miranda Hart
Meet the BBC's first on-air critics: books, music, film, drama... plus more recent insights on Miranda, Only Fools and old BBC promo ads
Enjoy! If you like it, do share it.
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/349060
7am: Broadcasting House, R2 Pause for Thought (theme: Celebrity Traitors. Do listen!)
am: bladder hospital (check-ups. TMI? Tough)
pm: Marconi House (site of the first BBC broadcast) to record a re-enactment
eve: Celebrity Traitors!
What a day
7am: Broadcasting House, R2 Pause for Thought (theme: Celebrity Traitors. Do listen!)
am: bladder hospital (check-ups. TMI? Tough)
pm: Marconi House (site of the first BBC broadcast) to record a re-enactment
eve: Celebrity Traitors!
What a day
Episode 107: On-Air Criticisms, Comedy, James Cary and Miranda Hart
Meet the BBC's first on-air critics: books, music, film, drama... plus more recent insights on Miranda, Only Fools and old BBC promo ads
Enjoy! If you like it, do share it.
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/349060
Non-prince* Andrew will move from a house on the Windsor estate to a house on the Sandringham estate?
Could he just move to a house that’s NOT on a royal estate?
(*abbreviate if you must)
Non-prince* Andrew will move from a house on the Windsor estate to a house on the Sandringham estate?
Could he just move to a house that’s NOT on a royal estate?
(*abbreviate if you must)
Thanks 'news' providers! What a service you're providing - both telling me about the bad stuff in the world AND taking away some of the good stuff.
Thanks 'news' providers! What a service you're providing - both telling me about the bad stuff in the world AND taking away some of the good stuff.
Leicester Comedy Festival
TWO shows from me…
Sat 7th Feb
2pm: NEW! Four Monarchs & A Mic: The BBC’s Royal Engineer
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/four-...
+
7pm: Good Clean Fun standup show
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/paul-...
…Come to either/both!
Leicester Comedy Festival
TWO shows from me…
Sat 7th Feb
2pm: NEW! Four Monarchs & A Mic: The BBC’s Royal Engineer
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/four-...
+
7pm: Good Clean Fun standup show
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/paul-...
…Come to either/both!
Re-enacting the BBC’s bizarre mass telepathy experiment, 100 years on.
So next month’s £Patreon will help fund a guest producer.
Fancy helping fund it?
If goes well, may do more.
So now’s a good time to join us:
Patreon.com/paulkerensa
Re-enacting the BBC’s bizarre mass telepathy experiment, 100 years on.
So next month’s £Patreon will help fund a guest producer.
Fancy helping fund it?
If goes well, may do more.
So now’s a good time to join us:
Patreon.com/paulkerensa
In tribute, here’s my medley from an old Edinburgh show:
Retelling BTTF’s plot via its own music…
youtu.be/yfn7L0iRnzA?...
In tribute, here’s my medley from an old Edinburgh show:
Retelling BTTF’s plot via its own music…
youtu.be/yfn7L0iRnzA?...