BBC celebrates 100 years in Northern Ireland

The first half of the centenary of the BBC in Northern Ireland was dominated by radio, then television came to the fore.

Former controller of BBC NI Anna Carragher believes the corporation changed as society evolved.

“Initially the sheer joy of having this strange thing called the wireless, that music came out of, carried people along,” she said.

“And then, as it [the BBC] went through the decades, it started becoming much more what we used to call ‘the window and the mirror’.

“Television is a window and a mirror. It’s a window that we could look through and see other places, other people and other things – but also a mirror we could see ourselves in.”