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#095 Five Gold Airings: Vintage BBC Christmases 1922-42
Episode 95 is our Christmas special for 2024 - looking back to five vintage BBC Christmases of 1922-42.
Well, I say 'five'. I mean nine. Christmas is a time for giving, so have four extra... Nine Gold Airings didn't sound as catchy.
You'll hear:
- 1922 – Rev John Mayo - the BBC's first religious broadcast for Christmas Eve
- 1926 – Christmas Overture by Coleridge-Taylor, The BBC Wireless Symphony Orchestra conducted by Percy Pitt
- 1926-34 - Bethlehem, the BBC's first on-location radio drama, live from St Hilary's church in west Cornwall
- 1932 – The first royal Christmas message from George…
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