Arthur Burrows was truly a man of British broadcasting 'firsts':
At 6pm on 14th November 1922 , he read the BBC's first-ever, on-air news bulletin.
At 5pm on 24th December 1922 , he played Father Christmas in the play 'The Truth About Father Christmas' - considered to be the first official broadcast of a radio drama.
He was one of the original BBC 'Uncles' ('Uncle Arthur'), the first London wireless Uncle on Children's Hour .
