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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Lawson

A commie witch-hunt, a live abdication and a military invasion of sport: 100 years of the BBC, part two

Subversive? … Paul Robeson at the first night of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s musical Showboat at Leicester Square Theatre, London.
Subversive? … Paul Robeson at the first night of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s musical Showboat at Leicester Square Theatre, London. Photograph: Sasha/Getty

In this decade, the BBC runs three historic royal broadcasts and is forced to think about reaching listeners overseas.

1932 – The King’s Speech

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