There is another partnership with the Historical Association and the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA exam board. This is a well produced book, and I chose this for a friend who used to be a TV weatherman and is a bit of a BBC fanatic. Acclaimed film-maker Sally El Hosaini sits down with Talking Movies presenter Tom Brook to discuss her career and celebrate the impact the BBC has had on her work.

This is accompanied by the broadcast of a rare find: a Hancock Half Hour – once missing – and now remastered and broadcast for the first time since 1955. Natasha also dips into the BBC archive as she takes a journey through 100 years of memorable moments, starting from its radio launch way back in 1922.So I hope I have captured why I feel the BBC is such an important part of Britain, and the myriad ways it has touched all our lives.

How The BBC Began is a Crux Productions and The Garden Productions film for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Registered address: Unit 5, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. Milestones are obviously a cause for celebration but actually, when you hit 100 years, what you should be looking at is the next 100 years.

Anita Dobson who played Angie Watts in EastEnders brings along some of Angie’s outfits and regales Fiona with tales from early EastEnders episodes, while former BBC News Correspondent Kate Adie reflects on her time reporting from the world’s hotspots. We’re visiting 400,000 school children as part of our Share Your Story education initiative and we opened up our digitised archive to students.