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
John Wyver writes: After yesterday's post about Television Comes to London, let's stay in the first week of the official high definition television from Alexandra Palace, and turn our attention to the afternoon of Friday 6 November 1936. This more
John Wyver writes: Apologies for the blog's month-long hiatus and the interruption of the daily 'OTD in early British television' posts. The last such post was on 25 September, and since then I have been immersed in a month-long process more
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 more
John Wyver writes: Monday 24 September 1928 was the second day of a week of demonstration transmissions by John Logie Baird's company for the National Radio Exhibition at Olympia. Radiolympia attendees could step out on a dance floor to tunes more
John Wyver writes: From time to time it's worth checking in on the guest list for the magazine series Picture Page, in this case on the evening of Thursday 22 September 1938. The magazine show comprising brief interviews by Leslie more
John Wyver writes: It's still the weekend, and I still have many pages of my proofs to work on, so here are further links to previous blog posts that I especially enjoyed writing. OTD in early British television: 10 August more