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Reviewer: Essayist - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 30, 2020

Subject: Private or Public The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a British public service broadcaster. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.



BBC is a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.



DCMS is a ministerial department, supported by 45 government agencies and public bodies.



In other words although the BBC is not a State Broadcaster it is wholly owed Broadcaster of the State which is charged with impartial broadcasting of news, entertainment and education without fear or favour.



Unfortunately in recent years that impartiality has been subject to question with its heavy left wing bias and promotion of social, woke and politically correct issues which have alienated a large section of the licence paying public.



The Black Museum recording are excellent and hark back to the great days of the BBC. Unfortunately that is no longer the case.



- June 30, 2020Private or Public

Reviewer: Red Woods - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 24, 2018

Subject: BBC is not state-owned Thank you for this wonderful series. It is always great to hear Orson Welles.



However, there is an incorrect sentence in the introductory episode: "Radio Luxembourg broadcast sponsored programs at night to England (the BBC was state-owned and had no commercials)."



It is true that Radio Luxembourg was a commercial radio station and that its programmes were supported by advertising. It is also true that the BBC (which at that time included the Home Service, the Light Programme and the Third Programme) had no adverts whatsoever.



It is NOT true that the BBC is, or has ever been, "state-owned", despite frequent allegations in US media that it is a "government broadcaster", "government-owned", "state broadcaster", etc.. The BBC is a public corporation, independent of the state, and supported by a licence fee paid by listeners. (That fee is now only paid by people with televisions, no longer for radio, which would now be impossible to enforce.) The only state involvement is support from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (what in other countries is called the Foreign Ministry) for the BBC World Service, which is nevertheless run independently and is relied upon worldwide by billions of people for verifiable up-to-date information, as opposed to the propaganda and "fake news" or "alternative facts" supplied by some other national radio and TV broadcasters. - January 24, 2018BBC is not state-owned

Reviewer: albie - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 27, 2016

Subject: The Black Museum - Single Episodes



Just found this,

The Black Museum Bill Waddell Documentary 1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D7ZL2FeYQ It is a good show,except for one thing,that music that never seems to end.Just found this,The Black Museum Bill Waddell Documentary 1988 - September 27, 2016The Black Museum - Single Episodes

Reviewer: P51 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 1, 2015

Subject: Program radio This radio was just as good today as it was at the time of being on the air. I enjoyed it years ago and even more, I love the whole idea of old radio programs as as ever Orsen Wells was wonderful. - October 1, 2015Program radio

Reviewer: maxodyne - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 5, 2013

Subject: The Black Museum for Young and Old This is such a joy to listen to these original episodes. Really, it's like the first time all over again, as the last time I heard these I was a young boy with a home-built AM radio staying up too late on school nights. That was over 40 years ago. I also listened back then to the Lives of Harry Lime, which I noticed is also here on the archives. - February 5, 2013The Black Museum for Young and Old

Reviewer: jonfrum - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 5, 2009

Subject: Classic series When I first encountered this series on an OTR web site, the sound was poor and I didn't listen to the full show. My mistake. The episodes are not necessarily mysteries - often more just crime stories gradually laid out. It's Orson Welles' role as the narrator that makes the show. It's like going to your local coffee shop to listen to some music and having Bob Dylan doing an acoustic set. These aren't convoluted whodunits, but they are classic "theatre of the mind" shows. - December 5, 2009Classic series

Reviewer: luckyace120 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 10, 2007

Subject: Really Amazing This is one of my favorites. Welles acts as a catalyst for the stories. The story lines, acting, and writing are very good, and Welles just adds to the fun. - May 10, 2007Really Amazing