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… 2015-07-28T09:00:06+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome

2015-07-28T09:00:06+00:00 2015-07-28T09:00:06+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/df9dfdf1-1706-419c-bf86-4ed95ce3fc35 <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p02y7c8z.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p02y7c8z.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p02y7c8z.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p02y7c8z.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p02y7c8z.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p02y7c8z.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p02y7c8z.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p02y7c8z.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p02y7c8z.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Armchair Voyage, July 1958</em></p></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>On July 28, 1958, you would have sailed east on a cruise to Istanbul and the Aegen island of Lesbos with Sir Mortimer Wheeler and the Hellenic Traveller's club as company.</p> <p>You can again travel from the comfort of your armchair as this programmes is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer - and easily findable through the <a title="BBC Genome - Armchair Voyage" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8c1fb389fb044419915e5a2c1f16d8f6" target="_blank">corresponding BBC Genome listing.</a></p> <p>Hop on - and let us know of any other armchair voyages you have undertaken.</p> </div>