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HAVING dealt with palaces and royal residences in this series on Scotland’s built heritage, I am now turning my attention to something completely…

Danger stalks the radiant lovers in Rebecca Frecknall’s tumultuous, twilit Romeo and Juliet; a 1920s battle for the soul of BBC radio couldn’t be more timely; and Groundhog Day, once more with feeling

The move towards a subscription model – perhaps with a free, ‘basic’ element – now feels inexorable, says writer and broadcaster Mark Lawson

The BBC will ring in its centenary in November this year with a packed-out schedule

To mark the BBC turning 100 years old today (October 18) we've taken a look back at the national broadcaster's history in the century since it first began with 50 facts about the institution

As the BBC turns 100 we should celebrate its extraordinary history as a public service broadcaster bringing news and other programming to audiences around the globe. In 2020-2021 the BBC announced that its World Service achieved its highest-ever audience, with an average of close to 500 million listeners globally each…

Paul Robeson was embraced then banned, Gracie Fields beat cancer and trilled for the troops, news anchors got a catchphrase – and parental chinwags went transatlantic

Our series on the most defining moments of the BBC kicks off in the 1920s with a Churchill broadside, quadrant-based football commentary and a mid-broadcast collapse

The BBC was built upon the dreams and ambitions of a few nonconformist men who would ultimately have to pay the price. Stifling renegades today will do little to ward off the threats the corporation faces, writes Simon Potter