Today marks the start of the centenary celebrations of the BBC - an organisation for which I am very proud to be able to say that I have the privilege and the good fortune to work.
It's exactly 100 years since the BBC was founded, although the proper on-air anniversary of the first BBC broadcast is not until next month - November 14th, to be precise. I'm working on a programme in my day job marking the centenary in our own little corner of the country, but today is a good excuse to be able to say that I've also been able to play a very small part in another aspect of the centenary celebrations.
The BBC have produced a special episode of Doctor Who for the anniversary, which is being broadcast this coming Sunday, the 23rd. To tie-in with this, the latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine comes with a special supplementary magazine called Doctor Who: A BBC Production, telling the story of the BBC's history during Doctor Who's time in production and the background and context of the influence of the wider changes at the Corporation on how the series was made.
I was very fortunate to be asked to write a piece for this, looking at the BBC in 2000s. The magazine is available now from WH Smith's, supermarkets, and of course online from the publishers Panini.
