This was to be Broadcasting House, where Fitzrovia meets Marylebone. An old John Nash building was toppled to make way for the art deco confection, which was designed by George Val Myer and took on a ...

Early in 1933 the BBC Board of Governors passed a resolution congratulating Sir John Reith on 10 years' service, and they proposed that he accept an oil painting (to be commissioned) of himself.

The Reith Lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by Sir John (later Lord) Reith, the corporation's first director-general.

John Reith, a 33-year-old Scottish engineer, was appointed General Manager of the BBC at the end of 1922. Following the closure of numerous amateur stations, the BBC started its first daily radio ...