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Progress in television
Published 25 September 2020
The BBC brings us up to speed on recent developments in television in 1961
Television apparatus
Published 31 July 2020
Television is coming soon and, the Nottingham Journal decides, the Baird system is the one to bet on
When I was in – at the start of TV
Published 10 November 2016
Commander A B Campbell tells the tale of his first appearance on TV
Television returns in 1946
Published 3 October 2016
The BBC Yearbook for 1947 tells us how television returned in June 1946
Celebrating 75 Years of BBC Television
Published 9 November 2011
The 75th Anniversary of the launch of the BBC Television Service from Alexandra Palace was commemorated by a small party at AP on Wednesday 2 November, 2011. Richard Elen was there to describe the scene.
The fools return to the hill
Published 18 March 2004
The politics behind television’s post-war return
The opening of the BBC Television Service
Published 3 July 2003
The BBC Television Service opens – twice
The fools on the hill
Published 13 March 2003
The BBC embraces television – and a new service is born
The Fools On The Hill Return
Published 1 January 2002
Kif Bowden-Smith on the politics behind the return of TV in 1946