Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music
British Library - London
26 April - 26 August 2024
Journey through an ever-evolving and expanding history of Black music in the UK, including artists that appeared in the early days of BBC radio and television such as Adelaide Hall and Evelyn Dove.
Showtown
Blackpool Heritage and Museum Trust - Blackpool
Permanent
Changing exhibitions reflecting the Lancashire coastal town's involvement in the world of entertainment. The BBC's Come Dancing and Strictly, TV and radio careers of Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd, Cannon and Ball feature in future displays.
Second World War Galleries
Imperial War Museum - London
Permanent
Explore the social history context of a war which affected millions of people from around the world, and discover the part that broadcasting played in the conflict, from radio rhetoric to V for Victory.
Information Age: Six Networks That Changed Our World
Science Museum - London
Permanent
Billed as the Museum's biggest and most ambitious permanent gallery to date, Information Age: Six Networks That Changed Our World tells the story of communications innovation through six themes: The Cable, The Telephone Exchange, Broadcast, The Constellation, The Cell and The Web.
BBC History worked closely with the Museum to provide key objects, photographs, radio and TV clips of the Broadcast section, in order to bring this all-important story to life.
Here’s a short film of the gallery, where the Museum’s Head of Collections and Principal Curator Dr. Tilly Blyth selects some of its most significant BBC objects and describes how they changed the lives of all of us.
BBC programmes heard worldwide for the first time
Philips Museum - Eindhoven
Permanent
A celebration of the work of Philips Laboratories as the major hub for broadcasting BBC radio programmes worldwide for the first time from May 1927 to December 1932 via PCJJ, the Philips international radio station based in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Hi-de-Hi!
Harwich Museum - Harwich
Permanent
An array of Hi-de-Hi! memorabilia on display in the town where the series was filmed. A holiday camp near Harwich in Essex was the location for the iconic 80s TV comedy, and costumes, images and props have been brought together for the first time at the museum.
The UK’s vast contribution to Radio and Television manufacturing and broadcasting
British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum - London
Permanent
The Gerald (Gerry) Wells collection of vintage wireless and television sets on display during the BBC’s centenary year.
Showcasing the story of radio and broadcasting in Britain since the 1920s
The Radio Museum - Watchet
Permanent
A rare selection of vintage BBC equipment including sound mixing desks, parts of a BBC radio transmitter, vintage BBC microphones, portable sound recorders, and outside broadcasting equipment.
