News, highlights and banter from the team at BBC Genome – the website that shows you all the BBC’s listings between 1923 and 2009 (and tells you what was on the day you were born!) Join us and share all the oddities, archive gems and historical firsts you find while digging around… 2016-12-10T07:00:00+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome

2016-12-10T07:00:00+00:00 2016-12-10T07:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/e1cc9099-6234-4bf5-a4ee-2bbb99b8c5a0 <div class="component prose"> <p>Today's window opens up a small collection of the banners that graced the festive programmes in the 1950s. If you want to learn more about the artists that illustrated the pages of the Radio Times magazine, you can listen to this Radio 4 programme about <a title="BBC Radio 4" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bfsyw" target="_blank">The Art of Radio Times.</a></p> </div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgwzb.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgwzb.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgwzb.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgwzb.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgwzb.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgwzb.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgwzb.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgwzb.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgwzb.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgx6g.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgx6g.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgx6g.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgx6g.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgx6g.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgx6g.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgx6g.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgx6g.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgx6g.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgy9w.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgy9w.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgy9w.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgy9w.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgy9w.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgy9w.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgy9w.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgy9w.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgy9w.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Christmas Eve, 1953. By Norman Mansbridge.</em></p></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgxfk.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgxfk.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgxfk.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgxfk.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgxfk.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgxfk.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgxfk.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgxfk.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgxfk.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgxfy.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgxfy.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgxfy.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgxfy.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgxfy.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgxfy.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgxfy.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgxfy.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgxfy.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Christmas Day morning and afternoon, 1956. By James Hart.</em></p></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgxwl.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgxwl.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgxwl.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgxwl.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgxwl.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgxwl.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgxwl.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgxwl.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgxwl.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgy33.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgy33.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgy33.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgy33.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgy33.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgy33.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgy33.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgy33.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgy33.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgy6d.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgy6d.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgy6d.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgy6d.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgy6d.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgy6d.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgy6d.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgy6d.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgy6d.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Christmas Evening, 1955. By Eric Fraser.</em></p></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgyt9.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgyt9.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgyt9.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgyt9.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgyt9.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgyt9.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgyt9.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgyt9.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgyt9.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgytl.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04kgytl.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04kgytl.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04kgytl.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04kgytl.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04kgytl.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04kgytl.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04kgytl.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04kgytl.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Boxing Day, 1955. By Mervyn Wilson.</em></p></div>