100 years of the BBC: decade by decade
Our rundown of the corporation's most amazing – and shocking – moments so far
Mother of God! It’s Line of Duty already: 100 years of the BBC, part 10
From Jed Mercurio’s bent copper hit to Michaela Coel’s powerful I May Destroy You and Russell T Davies’s prescient Years and Years, the BBC shows it can still be innovative and provocative
Strictly delights and Mrs Brown’s Boys divides: 100 years of the BBC, part nine
The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
Diana makes explosive revelations and Partridge devours the hand that feeds him: 100 years of the BBC, part eight
Steve Coogan’s alter-ego appears, as does Ricky Gervais’s in The Office, while Panorama rocks the royals
From Blackadder to Blackstuff to Blobby: 100 years of the BBC, part seven
Some of the greatest ever TV airs, Saturday nights get a Crinkley Bottom takeover – and the new comedy royalty are crowned
Mastermind’s Gestapo origins, immortal sitcoms and the birth of reality TV: 100 years of the BBC, part six
From ‘Basil!’ to ‘lovely jubbly’, welcome to the age of the classic sitcom – and the dawn of a new genre where nothing was off the table apart from ‘making love and going to the lavatory’
JFK derails Doctor Who, plus the drama that was too terrifying to show: 100 years of the BBC, part five
The Pythons fly, Doctor Who stumbles, Match of the Day shows a game of one half, The War Game is pulled – and was Dad’s Army a metaphor for military impotence during the cold war?
Big-toothed David Attenborough’s emergency debut: 100 years of the BBC, part four
The BBC overcomes its objection to Attenborough’s teeth, the flower pot men strike gibberish gold, Blue Peter sets sail, Samuel Beckett is silenced – and a ‘dee jay’ plays some pop
First sitcom, first chef, first castaway, first dance and first Woman’s Hour: 100 years of the BBC, part three
Desert Islands Discs launched, a raffish bachelor made sitcom history, hoofers had a riot and a man called Alan hosted Woman’s Hour – which revealed how to keep your husband’s suits crease-free
A commie witch-hunt, a live abdication and a military invasion of sport: 100 years of the BBC, part two
Paul Robeson was embraced then banned, Gracie Fields beat cancer and trilled for the troops, news anchors got a catchphrase – and parental chinwags went transatlantic
100 years of the BBC – the first live FA Cup final and the dawn of true crime
Our series on the most defining moments of the BBC kicks off in the 1920s with a Churchill broadside, quadrant-based football commentary and a mid-broadcast collapse
