the emitron stayed in use without much change for many, many years.onation of king george vi was the first time the cameras were used outside and the broadcast was watched by about 50,000 viewers. we have got to of the cameras high up we have got to of the cameras high up and _ we have got to of the cameras high up and the — we have got to of the cameras high up and the gate _ we have got to of the cameras high up and the gate ourselves. - however, it was the coronation of his daughter that really brought television into our homes. 70 years later, many millions of us watched the queen's funeral on smart tvs, phones, laptops, or on huge screens around the country, demonstrating just how far technology has moved on. now, if you are a fan of radio, i mean, really a fan of radio, then you will know what this is. pips they are called the pips, and when you hear them, you will know it is something o'clock. i find them quite soothing. but have you ever wondered why they exist? ships. the pips tell ships what time it is and help them navigate. at the height o

the emitron stayed in use without much change for many, many years. coronation of king george vi was the first time the cameras were used outside and the broadcast was watched by about 50,000 viewers. we have got two of our cameras high up and the gate ourselves. _ however, it was the coronation of his daughter that really brought television into our homes. 70 years later, many millions of us watched the queen's funeral on smart tvs, phones, laptops, or on huge screens around the country, demonstrating just how far technology has moved on. now, if you are a fan of radio, i mean, really a fan of radio, then you will know what this is. pips. they are called the pips, and when you hear them, you will know it is something o'clock. i find them quite soothing. but have you ever wondered why they exist? ships. the pips tell ships what time it is and help them navigate. at the height of the british empire, britain had a lot more ships than anyone else anywhere in the world and their maps all needed to follow a strict format so they could figure out where they

the emitron stayed in use without much change for many, many years. about 50,000 viewers. we have got two of our cameras high up and the gate ourselves. _ however, it was the coronation of his daughter that really brought

under the lid of the emitron was this, a cathode—ray tube which is basically an old tv working in reverseg the pictures instead of showing them. it stayed in use without much change for many, many years. the coronation of king george vi was the first time the cameras were used outside and the broadcast was watched by about 50,000 viewers. however, it was the coronation of his daughter that really brought television into our homes. 70 years later, many millions of us watched the queen's funeral on smart tvs, phones, laptops, or on huge screens around the country, demonstrating just how far technology has moved on. but now, let's go back before the time of television to the very beginnings of the bbc in 1922. of course, way before television came radio and what do you need to broadcast a voice to the nation? you are going to need one of these. and one of the most iconic mics ever is the bbc—marconi type a and when i say iconic, it is an icon. literally. one of our colleagues, joe leates, really, really loves this microphone so we sent him to the archives to see what he could dig up. not man

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the emitron stayed in use without much change for many, many years. you will know what this is. pips they are called the pips, and when you hear them, you will know it is something o'clock. i find them quite soothing. but have you ever wondered why they exist? ships. the pips tell ships what time it is and help them navigate. at the height of the british empire, britain had a lot more ships than anyone else anywhere in the world and their maps all needed to follow a strict format so they could figure out where they were. the centre of all british nautical charts was the greenwich meridian, 0 degrees, and each vessel also kept a fancy clock on board that told the local time at the meridian and helped them to calculate their position really precisely. but over long journeys, how could the captains keep those clocks accurate to the second? well, to bring in the new year in 1923, the bbc ran an experiment to broadcast the midnight bongs of big ben on the radio. big ben bongs it was a bonging success, and the following year the first fully accessible time