2.7K views · 80 reactions | ✩♬₊˚.  ✩♬₊˚. 'Gilbert O'Sullivan in...

At 11am #onthisday in 1971, Open Forum - our first official OU 📺 programme was broadcast on #BBC2. It was followed by our very first Mathematics course programme. Want more OU history? Work your way through ‘H’ of the #OUphabet: http://ow.ly/WxZ450vy7rX | The Open University

On This Day 1971 📺 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' airs for the first time. Unlike the BBC's flagship pop show, Top of the Pops, which concerned itself with the latest chart entries and high risers, 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' was the Corporation's showcase for 'serious' music and as such was presented on the much more cerebral BBC2 - and the fact it was scheduled in the grave-yard timeslot on Tuesday nights was no deterrent. The programme prided itself on being the only place on television you'd b

61K views · 492 reactions | Diana, Princess of Wales, died 20 years ago today. | BBC Archive | Facebook

The BBC announces Princess Diana's death 💔 A moment for history. #princessofwales #princewilliam #princeofwales #princesscatherine #princesscatherineofwales #katemiddleton #duchessofcambridge #princesskate #princeandprincessofwales #dukeandduchessofcambridge #duchesskate #katemiddletonstyle #duchesscatherine #catherinemiddleton #royals #royalstylewatch #britishroyals #britishroyalfamily #walesfamily #royalnews #kateandwilliam #kateandwills #royalty #princessdiana #princessdianaofwales | William