Remembering Don Hewitt, whose singular vision transformed television at CBS News and particularly 60 Minutes, which celebrates the premiere of its 50th season on Sunday. Hewitt was honored with a Personal Peabody Award in 1988.

Happy Birthday Christiane Amanpour! Twice-honored with Individual Peabody Awards for her trademark "fearlessness and tenacity."⠀ ⠀ #Amanpour #CNN #News #internationalnews #journalism #PeabodyWinner #PeabodyAwards #TVNews #Reporting (at Peabody Awards)

BBC television broadcasting began in earnest on June 7th, 1946, and it was a few short years later that the BBC won its first Peabody Award. Here’s a short history of their wins.