John Wyver writes: For whatever reason, it seems to be the case that 18 March was a somewhat unremarkable date for early television in each of the years between 1928 and 1939. Nothing jumped out at me as the subject more
John Wyver writes: After a concert from Jack Hylton and his band on the evening of Friday 17 March 1939, Alexandra Palace broadcast Animals, Anatomy, Artists, a talk by John Skeaping on 'the three main types of animal art - more
John Wyver writes: The afternoon of Wednesday 16 March 1938 saw a reprise of Eric Crozier's production (above), first presented the previous September, of W.B. Yeats's supernatural drama The Words Upon the Window Pane. The cast was led by Jean more
John Wyver writes: On the evening of Wednesday 15 March 1933, in a programme that alkso featured popular singer Maisie Seneshall and Danish musical comedy star Eric Bertner, the celebrated dancer Adeline Genée (above, 36 years before, dancing La Camargo) more
John Wyver writes: Cabaret: Sound and Vision was the rather clunky title of a 40-minute variety bill on the evening of Monday 14th March. In many ways it was standard AP fare, with compère Russell Swann introducing a line-up of more
John Wyver writes: At 11pm on Monday 13 March 1933, the BBC's 30-line transmission from Studio BB in the basement of Broadcasting House featured selections from 'The British Theatrical Loan Exhibition' that was currently on view at Dudley House in more
The 100th original post in this series. John Wyver writes: Closing out transmissions on Saturday 12 March 1938 was An Exhibition of Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling, featuring a bout in the studio between Earl McCready, heavyweight champion of the British Empire who more
John Wyver writes: Across the winter of 1937-38, the Television service broadcast Pre-view on Friday afternoons and evenings. Featuring interviews, rehearsals and test sequences from the forthcoming attractions of the following week, the strand was an attempt to encourage more more
John Wyver writes: Friday 10 March 1939 saw the publication of Radio Times issue no 806. Around one-third of the copies distributed in the south of England carried television listings and the 'diary column written by 'The Scanner'. These more
John Wyver writes: The Spring 1938 Craftsmen at Work series featured demonstrations in the AP studio of a potter at work at a wheel, of whisket-making (constructing baskets from strips of oak), withy-weiving (working with willow) and, on 9 March, more