How the BBC Began
6.8
Season 1
89 min
S1 · E1 · Oct 22, 2022
Accident and Opportunity Episode 1
89 min
S1 · E2 · Oct 29, 2022
Building the Audience Episode 2
87 min
S1 · E3 · Mar 3, 2024
Shooting the Rapids Episode 3
3 episodes in Season 1
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The often-hilarious stories of the BBC's first 50 years. The corporation's pioneers describe its evolution – which was often by accident rather than design.
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Cast
11 people
Joanna Scanlan
Self - Narrator (voice)
Known for
Dracula
Slow Horses
David Attenborough
Self
Also in
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
David Dimbleby
Self
Also in
Nationwide
An Ocean Apart
Joan Bakewell
Self
Known for
Adult Material
Iris
June Spencer
Self
Richard Baker
Self
Sylvia Peters
Self
Also in
A Night in with the Girls
Shooting Stars
Humphrey Burton
Self
Also in
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Monica Sims
Self
Also in
A Night in with the Girls
John Grist
Self
Tony Blackburn
Self
Also in
Kill Keith
The More You Ignore Me
John Bridcut Writer · Magnus Temple Executive producer Riaz Meer Editor
Total runtime 4h 27m · Episode length 89 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
October 22, 2022
Final episode
March 3, 2024
Status
Ended
Networks
BBC Four · BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
89 min
Total runtime
4h 27m
Original language
English
Production
The Garden Productions
Production
Crux Productions
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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