Paul Kerensa
@paulkerensa.bsky.social
Writer/Comedian/Broadcast Historian
Also posting BBC history things here as bbcentury.bsky.social, so follow that too, or don’t. And breathe.
paulkerensa.com/oldradio
Also posting BBC history things here as bbcentury.bsky.social, so follow that too, or don’t. And breathe.
paulkerensa.com/oldradio
M'latest Patreon video has a little more on what's led to the forthcoming radio drama about the first radio drama...
...and I honestly think without the patrons & matrons who've supported there, this research wouldn't have happened & the drama wouldn't have happened. So thanks!
...and I honestly think without the patrons & matrons who've supported there, this research wouldn't have happened & the drama wouldn't have happened. So thanks!
Thanks for the kind words about the forthcoming Radio 4 drama (about the first radio drama) - more about how it came to be on m'latest Patreon video.
(£5/mth, all helps buy books etc... which have led to this radio drama! So thanks all who support there)
www.patreon.com/posts/vid-tr...
(£5/mth, all helps buy books etc... which have led to this radio drama! So thanks all who support there)
www.patreon.com/posts/vid-tr...
VID: The Truth about The Truth about Phyllis Twigg - coming soon to BBC Radio 4! | The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa
Get more from The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
M'latest Patreon video has a little more on what's led to the forthcoming radio drama about the first radio drama...
...and I honestly think without the patrons & matrons who've supported there, this research wouldn't have happened & the drama wouldn't have happened. So thanks!
...and I honestly think without the patrons & matrons who've supported there, this research wouldn't have happened & the drama wouldn't have happened. So thanks!
I can finally announce!
This Christmas Eve, 2:15pm, BBC Radio 4, a drama I've written - 'The Truth about Phyllis Twigg' - will inform, educate and entertain about the first ever radio drama! 103 years later to the day.
If you like this classy image, you should see our cast...
This Christmas Eve, 2:15pm, BBC Radio 4, a drama I've written - 'The Truth about Phyllis Twigg' - will inform, educate and entertain about the first ever radio drama! 103 years later to the day.
If you like this classy image, you should see our cast...
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I can finally announce!
This Christmas Eve, 2:15pm, BBC Radio 4, a drama I've written - 'The Truth about Phyllis Twigg' - will inform, educate and entertain about the first ever radio drama! 103 years later to the day.
If you like this classy image, you should see our cast...
This Christmas Eve, 2:15pm, BBC Radio 4, a drama I've written - 'The Truth about Phyllis Twigg' - will inform, educate and entertain about the first ever radio drama! 103 years later to the day.
If you like this classy image, you should see our cast...
My latest Substack…
The BBC's Mass Telepathy Broadcast of 1925: Re-enacted in 2025
Our centenary dramatisation of a bizarre lost broadcast - so how authentic was it?
My latest Substack: paulkerensa.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-m...
(+ listen to the re-enactment: pod.fo/e/350fce)
Our centenary dramatisation of a bizarre lost broadcast - so how authentic was it?
My latest Substack: paulkerensa.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-m...
(+ listen to the re-enactment: pod.fo/e/350fce)
The BBC's Mass Telepathy Broadcast of 1925: Re-enacted in 2025
Our centenary dramatisation of a bizarre lost broadcast - so how authentic was it?
paulkerensa.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My latest Substack…
I'll be back on the BBC Sunday Morning Live sofa tomorrow, Sunday, morning, live, BBC1, 10:45ish, with my trademark sideways glance (and it is trademarked - no nicking) at news stories of the week, with @dawnneesom.bsky.social @seanfletchertv.bsky.social Jennifer Reoch
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Sunday Morning Live, Series 16, 23/11/2025
Have refugees become political scapegoats? And is now a good time for a wealth tax?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'll be back on the BBC Sunday Morning Live sofa tomorrow, Sunday, morning, live, BBC1, 10:45ish, with my trademark sideways glance (and it is trademarked - no nicking) at news stories of the week, with @dawnneesom.bsky.social @seanfletchertv.bsky.social Jennifer Reoch
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Woking locals (or Loking wocals) - I'll be headlining at the Fiery Bird this Thu 20 Nov for Whole Lotta Comedy:
www.wholelottacomedy.com
www.wholelottacomedy.com
Comedy Club | Whole Lotta Comedy | Kingston & Surbiton
Whole Lotta Comedy. Great nights for everyone. Comedy, Cabaret, Fringe, Music and more! Kingston Surbiton Esher Cobham
www.wholelottacomedy.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Woking locals (or Loking wocals) - I'll be headlining at the Fiery Bird this Thu 20 Nov for Whole Lotta Comedy:
www.wholelottacomedy.com
www.wholelottacomedy.com
I've updated www.comediansandcarols.com with links: Farnborough, Billericay, Knaphill, Hailsham, Much Wenlock, Kettering, Battle, Andover, Guildford.
+ I now a few gaps: Wed 3, Tue 9, Wed 10, Tue 15 or Thu 18 (London only) Dec... if you'd like a Christmas comedy show at yours?
+ I now a few gaps: Wed 3, Tue 9, Wed 10, Tue 15 or Thu 18 (London only) Dec... if you'd like a Christmas comedy show at yours?
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've updated www.comediansandcarols.com with links: Farnborough, Billericay, Knaphill, Hailsham, Much Wenlock, Kettering, Battle, Andover, Guildford.
+ I now a few gaps: Wed 3, Tue 9, Wed 10, Tue 15 or Thu 18 (London only) Dec... if you'd like a Christmas comedy show at yours?
+ I now a few gaps: Wed 3, Tue 9, Wed 10, Tue 15 or Thu 18 (London only) Dec... if you'd like a Christmas comedy show at yours?
Thanks, Beeb, for 103 years of informing, educating, entertaining... + occasional employment.
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...
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...
Happy 103rd birthday, BBC!
(...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?
(...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?
The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa: #037 SPECIAL: The Prehistory of the BBC (extended cut)
It's the BBC’s 99th birthday! Well it was on the day this episode landed. So for episode 37, here’s the podcast’s story so far... Between season 2 (covering the BBC in 1922) and season 3 (th...
tiny.cc
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thanks, Beeb, for 103 years of informing, educating, entertaining... + occasional employment.
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...
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...
The #CelebrityTraitors line-up we may have had:
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
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The #CelebrityTraitors line-up we may have had:
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
For the whereabouts of my comedy shows this weekend, follow my face:
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
For the whereabouts of my comedy shows this weekend, follow my face:
Reposted by Paul Kerensa
So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
Reposted by Paul Kerensa
This episode written (and recreated by @paulkerensa.bsky.social) directed and edited by me, all put together in just over a week! Have a listen, it’s lots of fun.
In a tough week for BBC present, there's a centenary of BBC past on Wed.
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
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
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This episode written (and recreated by @paulkerensa.bsky.social) directed and edited by me, all put together in just over a week! Have a listen, it’s lots of fun.
Today is THE day to listen to this centenary re-enactment. Ideally tonight at 10:15pm. But why wait...
NEW PODCAST AHOY!
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...
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...
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today is THE day to listen to this centenary re-enactment. Ideally tonight at 10:15pm. But why wait...
The latest @bbcentury.bsky.social podcast is a centenary dramatisation of a lost BBC broadcast...
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
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The latest @bbcentury.bsky.social podcast is a centenary dramatisation of a lost BBC broadcast...
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
A nice little mention of the podcast on Chortle - the dramatisation will be out tomorrow on the centenary of this odd old broadcast...
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups....
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups....
When the BBC tried to read minds... : Punching Up 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
When the BBC tried to read minds... - Comedian's podcast recreates lost 'mass telepathy' experiment
www.chortle.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A nice little mention of the podcast on Chortle - the dramatisation will be out tomorrow on the centenary of this odd old broadcast...
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups....
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups....
New podcast episode late tonight - with a drama we've made with a fab cast, re-enacting a bizarre lost broadcast.
Subscribe here, and it'll be yours as soon as it lands...
podfollow.com/bbcentury
Subscribe here, and it'll be yours as soon as it lands...
podfollow.com/bbcentury
In a tough week for BBC present, there's a centenary of BBC past on Wed.
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
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
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
New podcast episode late tonight - with a drama we've made with a fab cast, re-enacting a bizarre lost broadcast.
Subscribe here, and it'll be yours as soon as it lands...
podfollow.com/bbcentury
Subscribe here, and it'll be yours as soon as it lands...
podfollow.com/bbcentury
My latest Substack...
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...
Who let the DGs out? The 17 BBC Directors-General...
...as Tim Davie prepares to regenerate into the 18th
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My latest Substack...
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...
£40k = reported fee for each Celebrity Traitors player
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
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
£40k = reported fee for each Celebrity Traitors player
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
Next gigs...
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
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Next gigs...
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
Long live terrestrial TV!
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)
a group of people are dancing in a field and one of them is wearing a pink jacket
ALT: a group of people are dancing in a field and one of them is wearing a pink jacket
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Long live terrestrial TV!
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)
I did 2 radio spots this morn, both on #CelebrityTraitors:
- 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...
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I did 2 radio spots this morn, both on #CelebrityTraitors:
- 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...
3 years ago, my predictions for #celebritytraitors…
Maybe season 2?
Maybe season 2?
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
3 years ago, my predictions for #celebritytraitors…
Maybe season 2?
Maybe season 2?
Reposted by Paul Kerensa
PODCAST AHOY!
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
The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa: #107 On-Air Criticisms, Comedy, James Cary and Miranda Hart
October 1923: The BBC's on-air critics go national...These aren't critics OF the BBC (there were - and are - plenty of those), but critics ON the BBC - a literary critic, a music critic, a drama c...
pod.fo
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
PODCAST AHOY!
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
Tomorrow sums up my odd niche life:
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
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Tomorrow sums up my odd niche life:
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
I made this… have a listen!
PODCAST AHOY!
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
The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa: #107 On-Air Criticisms, Comedy, James Cary and Miranda Hart
October 1923: The BBC's on-air critics go national...These aren't critics OF the BBC (there were - and are - plenty of those), but critics ON the BBC - a literary critic, a music critic, a drama c...
pod.fo
November 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I made this… have a listen!