OTD in early British television: 3 September 1938
John Wyver writes: I have one further Radiolympia post to come tomorrow, but today (with apologies for the lateness and brevity of the post) marks the last day of the 1938 edition. This closed on the evening of Saturday 3 September with, first, a gala fancy dress edition of Cabaret Cruise and then a spectacular Review programme. Look at the detail in the BBC publicity image above, which shows that by around 10pm the set was crowded with ‘all available artists, BBC staff and RMA [that is, Radio Manufacturers’ Association] staff’, who together sang ‘Auld Lang Syne’.
[OTD post no. 260; part of a long-running series leading up to the publication on 8 January 2026 of my book Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain, which can now be pre-ordered from Bloomsbury here.]
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