By 1958, the BBC was in full swing, with numerous formats which would become the cornerstone of future schedules joining the airwaves. Blue Peter, Grandstand and Monitor all began in this year along with a variety show who's title and existence are best left in history. It's also the year when Quatermass and the Pitt was first broadcast (and is available on blu-ray in a version which probably looks better then when it was originally broadcast). Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker began their series of radio ballads, blending folk tunes with actuality recordings which ran until 1964, the first of which, The Ballad of John Axon is on Spotify. These must have been extraordinary times for watching television and the problem with the level of choice we have in 2023 is that it lessens the serendipity of stumbling upon something you might not have thought of. Now on BBC One ...
Blue Peter
"The BBC has always been eager to create shows for children, but at first their programmes were often more preachy than action-packed."
[History Extra]
"Editor Biddy Baxter and presenter Sarah Greene look back on the nautically named iconic kids' show where each episode was a voyage into the unknown."
[The Guardian]
"Paul Jackson continues his exploration of cult TV with Biddy Baxter, who was the show's editor for 27 years, and former presenters Anthea Turner and Diane Louise Jordan."
[BBC Sounds]
"Auction reveals how Tony Hart’s work on another BBC project inspired his galleon for the children’s show."
[The Guardian]
"Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the TV producer and former Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter."
[BBC Sounds]
"This clip is from the early days of BBC children’s television."
[BBC Archive]
"Blue Peter have some BRAND NEW opening credits, theme tune and Blue Peter logo for 2021! So we thought we'd play you every single opening titles ever from history from when it started in 1958 to present! We wonder which theme tune your favourite is!"
[CBBC]
The BBC Archive pages have numerous clips from the show.
[BBC Archive]
Archive
"Stars of Stage, Screen, and Radio are invited to join with you in the fun starring Michael Holliday and presenting the big beat of Ted Heath and his Music, Tony Osborne and his Brasshats and The Tito Burns 6.5ers with the Kingpins featuring The Five Dallas Boys, Don Rennie, Don Lang, Claudio Venturelli, Steve Martin, Janice Peters, Dale Greaves. With Jim Dale as your host.
Next week: 'Dig This!' - first of a new series."
[Sean Macreavy][BBC Programme Index]
"Series showing medical practices introduced by Dr Charles Fletcher. This programme looks at Stratton Cottage Hospital and the work of the 11 GPs who run it."
[BBC Rewind]
Places
"Tom Richards, news editor on the launch of television in Wales in 1952, and presenter Michael Aspel, recall the first news broadcast from Wales in 1957."
[BBC Archive]
"BBC Television item trailing the opening of the new regional BBC TV studios in St. Catherine's Close, Norwich."
[East Anglian Film Archive]
"The BBC's Director General Sir Ian Jacob opens the new Southampton studios."
[BBC Rewind]
"Rising on the site of the old White City exhibition, London, is a building that will one day be the most modern television headquarters in Europe."
[Pathe]
Programmes
"Richard Dimbleby introduces V.E.R.A. (Vision Electronic Recording Apparatus), during a live edition of Panorama. Then - thanks to the magic of videotape - he introduces it all over again."
[BBC Archive]
"In a forthcoming experimental BBC radio programme called "Lend Both Your Ears", listeners will get a chance to experience the wonders of stereophonic effects in the comfort of their own homes."
[BBC Archive]
"This article examines the coverage of the visual arts by Monitor, the pioneer arts magazine series broadcast by the BBC between 1958 and 1965. It explores Monitor’s place in the evolution of approaches to visual art on British television and assesses Monitor’s wider impact on the “art support system” (in Margaret Garlake’s phrase) of the late 1950s and 1960s."
[British Art Studies]
"Founded in 1958."
Delia Derbyshire pictured above. Any other material will feature in the relevant years.
[Sound on Sound]
"Grandstand - in a programme recorded before the London Olympics, Paul traces the origins of the show that for nearly 50 years changed our relationship to sport, brought constant innovation to live TV coverage, and gave us not only David Coleman and Frank Bough but also Des Lynam."
[BBC Sounds]
Politics
"The BBC is responsible for providing sound and television services in the United Kingdom, and external broadcasting services on a world scale."
[hathitrust]
"This handbook is intended to be a concise and reliable guide to the British Broadcasting Corporation. [World Radio History]
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