The British Broadcasting Century podcast
@bbcentury.bsky.social
Informing, educating + entertaining re British broadcasting's origin story: the first firsts of radio, early BBC, interwar bits & pieces + occasional pictures of Reith looking grumpy.
By paulkerensa.bsky.social
Podcast/tour/book: paulkerensa.com/oldradio
By paulkerensa.bsky.social
Podcast/tour/book: paulkerensa.com/oldradio
#113 (out late Jan) - Nov 1923 - the BBC's first birthday
#114 (our mid Feb) - Nov 1923 - Sheffield: the first relay station
...and the 1923 tale continues from there.
Our latest episode? Re-enacting 1925's Mass Telepathy broadcast experiment...
pod.fo/e/350fce
#114 (our mid Feb) - Nov 1923 - Sheffield: the first relay station
...and the 1923 tale continues from there.
Our latest episode? Re-enacting 1925's Mass Telepathy broadcast experiment...
pod.fo/e/350fce
pod.fo
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#113 (out late Jan) - Nov 1923 - the BBC's first birthday
#114 (our mid Feb) - Nov 1923 - Sheffield: the first relay station
...and the 1923 tale continues from there.
Our latest episode? Re-enacting 1925's Mass Telepathy broadcast experiment...
pod.fo/e/350fce
#114 (our mid Feb) - Nov 1923 - Sheffield: the first relay station
...and the 1923 tale continues from there.
Our latest episode? Re-enacting 1925's Mass Telepathy broadcast experiment...
pod.fo/e/350fce
#110 (out early Dec) - Nov 1923 - the first broadcast Armistice
#111 (out late Dec) - Dec 1922 - something new on the first BBC Christmas?
#112 (out mid Jan) - Jan 1926 - centenary of Fr Ronald Knox's Broadcasting the Barricades - a weird and wonderful tale of riots, hoaxes, fake news and fun
#111 (out late Dec) - Dec 1922 - something new on the first BBC Christmas?
#112 (out mid Jan) - Jan 1926 - centenary of Fr Ronald Knox's Broadcasting the Barricades - a weird and wonderful tale of riots, hoaxes, fake news and fun
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#110 (out early Dec) - Nov 1923 - the first broadcast Armistice
#111 (out late Dec) - Dec 1922 - something new on the first BBC Christmas?
#112 (out mid Jan) - Jan 1926 - centenary of Fr Ronald Knox's Broadcasting the Barricades - a weird and wonderful tale of riots, hoaxes, fake news and fun
#111 (out late Dec) - Dec 1922 - something new on the first BBC Christmas?
#112 (out mid Jan) - Jan 1926 - centenary of Fr Ronald Knox's Broadcasting the Barricades - a weird and wonderful tale of riots, hoaxes, fake news and fun
Aw thanks!
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Aw thanks!
Here's our re-enactment. We had a blast making it.
Spoilers: The mind-reading part didn't work.
bbcentury.podbean.com/e/108-mass-t...
Spoilers: The mind-reading part didn't work.
bbcentury.podbean.com/e/108-mass-t...
#108 Mass Telepathy: Re-enacted - A Centenary Dramatisation of a BBC Broadcast | The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa
On 12 November 1925, the BBC broadcast one of its most bizarre programmes yet:
'MASS TELEPATHY: An Experiment in Thought Reading in which every Listener will be invited to assist'
On 12 November 2025,...
bbcentury.podbean.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Here's our re-enactment. We had a blast making it.
Spoilers: The mind-reading part didn't work.
bbcentury.podbean.com/e/108-mass-t...
Spoilers: The mind-reading part didn't work.
bbcentury.podbean.com/e/108-mass-t...
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Lt Commander Kenworthy MP - Will Harrison Wallace
James Agate/writer - @paulkerensa.bsky.social
J.C. Stobart - @voicedbyant.bsky.social
Roger Eckersley - @anthonyrudd.bsky.social
Directed/Edited by @helenquigley.bsky.social
A @soundliness.com co-production with @bbcentury.bsky.social
Lt Commander Kenworthy MP - Will Harrison Wallace
James Agate/writer - @paulkerensa.bsky.social
J.C. Stobart - @voicedbyant.bsky.social
Roger Eckersley - @anthonyrudd.bsky.social
Directed/Edited by @helenquigley.bsky.social
A @soundliness.com co-production with @bbcentury.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Lt Commander Kenworthy MP - Will Harrison Wallace
James Agate/writer - @paulkerensa.bsky.social
J.C. Stobart - @voicedbyant.bsky.social
Roger Eckersley - @anthonyrudd.bsky.social
Directed/Edited by @helenquigley.bsky.social
A @soundliness.com co-production with @bbcentury.bsky.social
Lt Commander Kenworthy MP - Will Harrison Wallace
James Agate/writer - @paulkerensa.bsky.social
J.C. Stobart - @voicedbyant.bsky.social
Roger Eckersley - @anthonyrudd.bsky.social
Directed/Edited by @helenquigley.bsky.social
A @soundliness.com co-production with @bbcentury.bsky.social
Our fab cast:
Sir Alfred Robbins - @adrianmackinder.bsky.social
Cecil Lewis - @willvoice.it
Lady Tree - @helenlloyd.bsky.social
Zena Dare - @nattychisholm.bsky.social
Phyllis Twigg - Carina Saner, playing her own great-grandmother!
Dorothy Warren - @martadasilva.bsky.social
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Sir Alfred Robbins - @adrianmackinder.bsky.social
Cecil Lewis - @willvoice.it
Lady Tree - @helenlloyd.bsky.social
Zena Dare - @nattychisholm.bsky.social
Phyllis Twigg - Carina Saner, playing her own great-grandmother!
Dorothy Warren - @martadasilva.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our fab cast:
Sir Alfred Robbins - @adrianmackinder.bsky.social
Cecil Lewis - @willvoice.it
Lady Tree - @helenlloyd.bsky.social
Zena Dare - @nattychisholm.bsky.social
Phyllis Twigg - Carina Saner, playing her own great-grandmother!
Dorothy Warren - @martadasilva.bsky.social
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Sir Alfred Robbins - @adrianmackinder.bsky.social
Cecil Lewis - @willvoice.it
Lady Tree - @helenlloyd.bsky.social
Zena Dare - @nattychisholm.bsky.social
Phyllis Twigg - Carina Saner, playing her own great-grandmother!
Dorothy Warren - @martadasilva.bsky.social
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Wonderful - a good mix of jobs!
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Wonderful - a good mix of jobs!
Aw cheers! And thanks for the reposts.
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Aw cheers! And thanks for the reposts.