headlines and news stories for you at the top of the hour after this programme stop i m here at broadcasting house in london for this addition of witness history bringing you important moments from the past is told by the people who were there, in this episode we are celebrating 100 years of the bbc and we will look back at five incredible stories in the history of the corporation. we will hear from the tv chef who taught the west how to cook indian food and the iconic moment the bbc beamed the beatles around the world, the fight to film the coronation of queen elizabeth and how it changed the public relationship with the royal family. mentality troubles the worldwide tv programme that became a worldwide phenomenon. in 1945 richard dimbleby was the first person to report on the first person to report on the liberation of belsen concentration campjonathan concentration camp jonathan jumble concentration campjonathan jumble beadle back on his father s harrowing reports which re
They have described themselves as the Spice Girls of their day - the six maids of honour who flanked Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her Coronation on 2 June 1953.
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an observer who was trusted. jonathan double be on his father s belsen report, next 1953 and a key moment in the history of television. in london bbc bosses asked reluctant winston churchill for the rights to fill queen elizabeth s coronation. witness history spoke to lady jane lacey was one of the queen s maids of honour. maids of honour. when we arrived. maids of honour. when we arrived, all maids of honour. when we arrived, all got maids of honour. when we arrived, all got into - arrived, all got into procession and then the queen turned around and said are you ready, girls? we turned around and said are you ready, girl was e w ,7 . , turned around and said are you ready, girl was a w w; . , said yes. i was a very unsophisticated 19 year old, i have to say i was really frightened, i did know at that be televised. previous first at home is
a very important document in thejewish archive because it is regarded as unimpeachable evidence that this happened firsthand from an observer who was trusted. jonathan dimbleby on his father s belson report. next to 1953 and a key moment in the history of television in london. bbc bosses asked a reluctant winston churchill for the right to film queen elizabeth the seconds coronation. witness history spoke to ladyjane lacey, who was one of the queen s maids of honour. when we arrived, we all got into a procession, and then the queen turned round and said, are you ready, girls? we said, of course, yes, ma am. i was a very unsophisticated