Mr. Darcy's shirt featured in an online exhibition for the 100th anniversary
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The shirt Colin Firth wore as Mr. Darcy in the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is one of 100 items featured in the company's online collection for the company's 100th anniversary in 2022.
These include Roy Plomley's 1941 advice on Desert Island Discs and 1935 footage of the company's move to appoint the first female broadcaster. The collection on the 100 website highlights its most iconic objects, people, and employees. There is also a chronology from year to year.
The three collections are:
100 Objects, including technology, props, documents, artwork, and buildings, also include the classic microphone and mirror globe used as early television identifiers. They are curated in collaboration with selected museums, including the Science Museum Group.
100 Faces is a collection of photos from the archives of everything from field correspondents to film actors to kings speaking to nations. It was discovered by the Radio Times.
100 Voices is a collection of oral stories that tell the stories of the men and women who worked at the, researching topics such as news and elections, the birth of television, the reinvention of radio, and pioneering. It is curated in partnership with the University of Sussex.
Robert Sitter, History Director, said the had "an incredible story that belongs to all of us" and digital resources and partner exhibitions "offering an engaging audience of all ages."
History is working with cultural and academic partners, including the British Film Institute, on the 100th anniversary. The list of 100 Gamechangers, announced earlier this year, will chronologically list the 100 television programs believed to have changed the British television landscape.
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The Science Museum team will digitize the 1,000 websites for the first time and launch a program of exhibitions and events in the UK.
Other regional museum partners also celebrate the 100th anniversary with collections and exhibits, including the London Museum; Leicester City Museum; Manchester Museums; Discovery Museum, Newcastle; Sheffield Museum; Liverpool Museum and Showdown Museum Blackpool.
Science Museum group leader Sir Ian Blatchford said they were "delighted" to be part of the celebration and "to tell the story of a century of broadcasting," adding that the National Museum of Science and Media in Bradford will study broadcasting in the future in an exhibition entitled Included.
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