It began as a craze for listening to sounds on the ' ether' with a ' cat's whisker '. From 1922 there was something called ' broadcasting ' which entered millions of homes through an invention called the ' wireless '. Through the 1930s and 40s its popularity as a source of entertainment soared. The radio (as it was now called) became an essential part of Britain's cultural and daily life.
The programme looks at radio in the years from the arrival of the British Broadcasting Company in 1922 to the Coronation in 1953: Those Radio Times when the wireless and its stars reigned supreme in the hearts of millions. with John Snagge.
Sidonie Goossens , Arthur Askey Elsie Waters , Henry Hall George Chisholm Dame Vera Lynn
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas David Davis , Molly Weir Noël Johnson
Film cameraman EI.MER COSSEY
Film editor MICHAEL CROZIER Producer ADAM LOW