John Wyver writes: Under producer Eustace Robb, the BBC's 30-line Television service mounted increasingly elaborate productions of classic ballets. Among his most enthusiastic collaborators was former Diaghilev star Lydia Sokolova, who first adapted the one-act Cléopâtre which Michel more
John Wyver writes: The late-night 30-line broadcast on Tuesday 4 July 1933 featured alongside comedian Sydney Arnold and Olive Groves with songs from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, the Russo-Finnish dancer Cleo Nordi. Trained in St Petersburg, she had more
John Wyver writes: The issue of trade paper Kinematograph Weekly (KW to its regular readers) on Thursday 27 June 1935 carried across two pages a report of an important speech made by Captain A.G.D. West about television to the Cinematograph more
John Wyver writes: By the early summer of 1935 the BBC's 30-line transmissions were and confident and on oc casion truly ambitious. Overseen by producer Eustace Robb, these broadcasts marshalled an extensive range of talents and technical capabilities that, by more
John Wyver writes: By the late spring of 1930 Baird Television Ltd had been transmitting thrice weekly half-hour variety bills for around 18 months. The 30-line images were very basic and the service's profile can be judged from the minimal more
John Wyver writes: The line-up for the BBC's 30-line transmission starting at 23.03 on Friday 19 May 1933 featured Russian singer Dimitri Vetter together with Lilian Lloyd-Taylor 'with songs and costumes of the seventeenth century'. But the most interesting featured more