The Listener historical archive, 1929 to 1991

Chronicling the transformative rise of radio and television and published weekly by the BBC for 70 years, The Listener was originally established to reproduce radio and TV broadcasts. Over the years, major contributors included E.M. Forster, George Orwell and Bertrand Russell. It also provided an important platform for new writers and poets including W.H. Auden, Sylvia Plath and Philip Larkin and discussed major literary and musical programmes. A tenth of its content was not connected to broadcasting at all and it regularly reviewed new books.

The archive contains the entire run of this unique publication.