But Big Ben was broadcast to usher in 1924, and later, a microphone was installed inside the clock tower and connected directly to Broadcasting House. This moving coil microphone is one of a ...

The current restoration has seen it out of action for the longest time in its history. In Pictures: Big Ben turns 160 What it's like to work in a crumbling Parliament Radio Four's nationwide hunt ...

For more on the 100 year anniversary of Big Ben's bongs on the radio, go to History of the BBC and BBC Oral History Collection. And you can hear a special programme with the Radio 4 continuity ...