John Wyver writes: Once again, since I have contributed here more than a year of near-daily posts recognising 'on this day' events in the first decade of British television, I am now contributing a weekly reprise round-up. All of more
John Wyver writes: My visit to the troubled Louvre on Friday to see the glorious Jacques-Louis David exhibition, about which I posted on Saturday, prompted me to return to Leslie Megahey's 1986 film about the artist, more
John Wyver writes: Television, photography, modern dance and the legacies of empire are among the topics of articles that engaged me this week. As for the image, it is another from my day trip to Paris on Friday, about more
John Wyver writes: As I noted last week, since I have contributed here more than a year of near-daily posts recognising 'on this day' events in the first decade of British television, I am now proposing a weekly reprise more
John Wyver writes: Yesterday, as part of the Richard Burton: Muse of Fire season at BFI Southbank I gave an 'extended' introduction (that was the request) to a rare screening of the BFI National Archive's 35mm print of John more
John Wyver writes: This coming Sunday, as part of BFI Southbank's Muse of Fire: Richard Burton season, which kicked off last night, I am introducing a rare screening of John Osborne's television play A Subject of Scandal and more
John Wyver writes: Between an appearance by the ventriloquist D'Anselmi and a short programme called The Accompanist Speaks, with pianist Ivor Newton, television's main offering on the evening of Monday 28 November 1938 was the second edition (above) of the more
John Wyver writes: As noted earlier in the week, I have curated a screening season at BFI Southbank in January to tie in with the publication by Bloomsbury and the BFI of Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of more
John Wyver writes: After a lengthy hiatus and posts concerned with other matters, we need to return our attention to the pre-war television schedules. So let's look back 88 years to Thursday 25 November 1937 when the high definition service more
John Wyver writes: Exciting news just released by the British Film Institute: throughout January BFI Southbank has a season of documentaries and early feature films linked to the publication of my monograph Magic Rays of Light: The Early more