OTD in early British television: 26 September 1938
John Wyver writes: The later part of the evening of Monday 26 September 1938 was occupied by a feature programme titled Lambeth Walks Out. This was a kind of history of of the dance known as the ‘Lambeth Walk’, presented by journalist and anthropologist Tom Harrisson and Me and My Girl composer Noel Gay. They introduced a sequence of dances in a broadcast that enjoyed an enhanced reprise in January 1939, and which I wrote about in detail at the link below. Do click through to find out more:
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