The 250th 'OTD in early British television' post. John Wyver writes: The Scotsman was among the newspapers that on the morning of Monday 24 August 1936 carried news of the previous day's press preview of the BBC's television operations at Alexandra more
John Wyver writes: Late August means it's time for the annual trade show Radiolympia. Manufacturers and consumers gathered for a week or so in west London to look at the latest radio and television receivers and to be entertained by more
John Wyver writes: At just after 11pm on Monday 22 August 1932, the BBC began a television service using Baird company 30-line technology. Baird Television Ltd had been broadcasting since November 1929, at times with limited BBC support, but now more
John Wyver writes: In 1938 and 1939 there were only two regular commentators on television's output from Alexandra Palace. Anonymous writers for The Times contributed reviews, as on occasion did L. Marsland Gander for the Telegraph and Jonah Barrington for more
John Wyver writes: Somewhat distracted today, so only a very brief and late OTD. The afternoon of Friday 20 August 1937 saw a 'local OB' from Alexandra Park titled Sheepdog Trial. Billed as 'a demonstration of canine intelligence', the 20-minute more
John Wyver writes: On Saturday 19 August 1939, two weeks and a day before the declaration of war, one of the BBC's OB units was at the Oval for the first day's play (of just three) in the final Test more
John Wyver writes: Looking back to the programmes of August 1939 you can't escape the sense of the impending war, now (as it were) little more than a fortnight away. And yet AP copntinued to turn out intriguing transmissions, including more
John Wyver writes: 'Television set for £23', promised a 17 August 1939 Daily Telegraph article penned by the paper's well-informed radio correspondent L. Marsland Gander. He was writing ten days ahead of the popular trade fair Radiolympia which attracted thousands more
John Wyver writes: After a three week break. a full schedule began again from AP on the afternoon of Monday 16 August 1937. Two afternoons of Davis Cup tennis and some test broadcasts had been the only offering for more
John Wyver writes: Late on the evening of Monday 15 August 1938 (well, late for AP, in fact 10.12pm), Marjan Rawicz and Walter Landauer gave a short recital on two pianos. They were also studio guests the following afternoon, presumably more