TV Show

How the BBC Began

Name: Free Watch How the BBC Began - MovizLand
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-10-08
Duration: 89 min

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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1 seasons

3 episodes total

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

2022

Rating

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Cast

Joanna Scanlan

Self - Narrator (voice)

David Attenborough

Self

David Dimbleby

Self

Joan Bakewell

Self

June Spencer

Self

Richard Baker

Self

Sylvia Peters

Self

Humphrey Burton

Self

Monica Sims

Self

John Grist

Self

Episodes

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

3 episodes

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Episode 1

Accident and Opportunity

Episode 1 • Oct 22, 2022

The eyewitnesses and participants in the BBC’s early history recount some of the triumphs and disasters as new frontiers of broadcasting were mapped out – often by accident rather than design.

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89m

Episode 2

Building the Audience

Episode 2 • Oct 29, 2022

BBC TV’s first female newsreader, Nan Winton, tells the story of how she was sacked, and staff from the BBC’s monitoring service explain the role they played in defusing the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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89m

Episode 3

Shooting the Rapids

Episode 3 • Mar 03, 2024

The story of how the BBC struggled to be impartial at critical moments in British history and how it handled social changes in Britain after the Second World War.

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87m

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