To mark the centenary of the BBC, a brand new exhibition at Nationwide Museum Cardiff BBC 100 in Wales, will inform the story of BBC broadcasting in Wales. From the primary broadcasts of the Twenties by to the digital age of the 2020s, the exhibition explores how Wales has contributed to the making of the BBC and the way the BBC has impacted on life in Wales.
Ryan Davies and Ronnie Williams ©BBC Cymru Wales
Open till 16 April 2023, BBC 100 in Wales follows the historical past of BBC radio and tv broadcasting in Wales skilled by Welsh audiences; the adjustments in programmes, attitudes and applied sciences by primitive radios to digital gadgets. From the primary broadcast in Cardiff on 13 February 1923, Wales discovered its voice on the wavelengths by quite a lot of programmes in English and in Welsh.
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The exhibition will spotlight just a few of these key moments and the programmes broadcast on the BBC in Wales. Objects from Amgueddfa Cymru collections might be displayed alongside footage from the BBC Wales archive. There might be a chance to see the newest TV’s and radios that can be purchased within the Nineteen Fifties and loosen up in a Nineteen Seventies lounge to observe some Christmas TV. Guests of all ages will take pleasure in studying about youngsters’s programmes of the previous, from Muffin the Mule, Bagpuss and the Teletubbies.
BBC 100 in Wales may also characteristic a show of things on mortgage from a few of the most notable BBC programmes made in Wales over the previous twenty years, whether or not you’re followers of Physician Who, Sherlock or His Darkish Supplies, there might be one thing for everybody.
All through the exhibition there might be alternatives to reminisce and reply – the museum needs to listen to extra about what and the way audiences in Wales could be watching and listening.
Sioned Williams, Principal Curator: Trendy Historical past at Amgueddfa Cymru mentioned:
‘The exhibition seems to be at a few of these key moments within the BBC’s 100-year historical past which have performed an element in Welsh on a regular basis life over the generations. It’s a chance for individuals to recall their very own ‘BBC moments’ and to share their reminiscences with others. I hope that a few of the fascinating objects might be loved by guests of all ages.’
‘We additionally wish to hear individuals’s views, good or unhealthy, and what they want to see and listen to on the BBC of the longer term’.
The exhibition is a part of a brand new 7-year partnership with the BBC that was beforehand introduced in 2021. Each organisations will work collectively on growing public programmes which incorporates the BBC 100 in Wales exhibition. They may also look to make their collections and analysis bodily and digitally accessible. Each events are dedicated to sharing experiences, serving to to help our communities and wellbeing of Wales put up COVID-19.
BBC Broadcasting Home, Llandaff, Cardiff, late Nineteen Sixties ©BBC Cymru Wales
David Anderson, Director Normal of Amgueddfa Cymru mentioned:
“This exhibition has solely been potential by our artistic and optimistic partnership with the BBC. Over the past century, the BBC and different public service broadcasting has been a basis of our democracy and of our understanding and engagement with the world. We’re very appreciative of the help from the BBC in growing the exhibition, and for the objects they donated to the Amgueddfa Cymru collections in order that the individuals of Wales might take pleasure in them for generations to come back.
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To coincide with the centenary celebrations in Wales in February 2023, the museum will host a particular free occasion, BBC 100 in Wales: By way of the Lens, on 11 February. Households are invited to come back and uncover what goes on behind the scenes of TV manufacturing, from creating your individual climate bulletin utilizing inexperienced display results, to having some particular results make-up. There may also be talks all through the day, together with The Science of Physician Who and a particular results masterclass with the lead make-up artist on Casualty. Guests ought to e-book their free tickets for the talks prematurely on the Museum web site.
The exhibition is free to enter, and guests can e-book their free tickets prematurely. Extra data on the exhibition and household occasion may be discovered at www.museum.wales/BBC.
