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Maud Basham, also known as Aunt Daisy, was famous as the host of a radio show focused on domesticity. Upon the success of the broadcasts, she wrote accompanying cook books, and was awarded an MBE in 1956.
The reporting of Parliament has always been an important part of the parliamentary story.
The opening of Parliament was televised regularly from 1962, but it was another 24 years before any other televising of Parliament occurred.