Back from holiday; normal service resumes with OTD post no 123... John Wyver writes: On the afternoon of Tuesday 13 April 1937, and then again that evening, a second series of producer Mary Adams' series The World of Women opened with more
23 February 1939 John Wyver writes: another of my favourite OTDs from the 122 contributed to date, posted again during this week when I am on holiday. Characterised by The Times as ‘an animated scene’, the interior of the Marble Arch Pavilion more
24 January 1938 John Wyver writes: As I am holiday this week I am posting again a number of my favourite OTDs to date. The whole of the afternoon schedule on Monday 24 January 1938 was occupied by a presentation of act more
9 February 1939 John Wyver writes: As I am on holiday this week I am taking the chance to post again a number of my favourite OTDs from the 122 published to date... The evening of Thursday 9 February 1939 saw a more
22 February 1933 John Wyver writes: As I am on holiday this week, I am presenting again some of my favourite OTD posts, exactly as they first appeared... Today's post is a melancholy little tale of a short, vibrant life in which more
19 January 1937 John Wyver writes: I am on holiday in France this week, and so with 122 original OTD posts out in the world I thought I might highlight once again six of my favourite posts to date. This one more
John Wyver writes: Just before 10pm on Wednesday 6 April 1938, a 10-minute broadcast from Alexandra Palace presented Surya Sena and Nelun Devi (above) performing Sinhalese folk songs. The transmission was organised by producer and musicologist Philip Bate, who more
John Wyver writes: Although we have next-to-know moving image records of pre-war television programmes, almost all of which were transmitted live, we do have elements of the transmissions in the form of the twice-weekly newsreels and the documentary films that more
John Wyver writes: Afternoon transmissions on Monday 4 April 1938 were mostly taken up by a 45-minute 'feature' about Sir Christopher Wren. This dramatised presentation was scripted by playwright Christine Hahlo, whose only other credit I can find is more
John Wyver writes: On 3 April 1933 the BBC's 30-line producer Eustace Robb, who had been overseeing transmissions since the previous summer, mounted his most expansive musical production to date. Transmitted from the tiny studio BB at Broadcasting House, achieved more