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
The idea in 94, 95. this time we were invited by anna hume at the bbc to submit an idea. anna had decided to let the flagship preschool programme playdates go in and replace it programme playdates go and replace it with another show. it was controversial to actually consider making program for two and three year olds. at the time, there was a big increase in new technologies. i mean, a small child of two or three would not be surprised if the toy train in the corner spoke to it. so i decided that they would be technological babies. the teletubbies were influenced by the fact that andrew davenport, who was a brilliant writer, and i went to new york and to america on a selling trip to sell tots tv and other things. and we went to washington, but we decided we go to the smithsonian, and we saw the actual spacesuits of men who just not that long
Anne wood reveals the surprising inspiration behind the characters. it aired in 97. but we first had the idea in 911, 95. this time we were invited by anna hume at the bbc to submit an idea. anna had decided to let the flagship preschool programme playdates go in and replace it with another show. it was controversial to actually consider making program for two and three year olds. at the time, there was a big increase in new technologies. i mean, a small child of two or three would not be surprised if the toy train in the corner spoke to it. so i decided that they would be technological babies. the teletubbies were influenced by the fact that andrew davenport, who was a brilliant writer and i went to new york