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
John Wyver writes: It's the weekend and I'm deep in the page proofs for Magic Rays of Light, and so here are three previous posts from this series for you to explore. Each one reflects an aspect of the modernist more
John Wyver writes: Today, a short original post about an outside broadcast from Euston station on Monday 19 September 1938, along with links to two earlier columns about railway-related broadcasts. The OB was a half-hour mid-morning presentation with Leslie Mitchell to more
John Wyver writes: I hope you'll forgive me over the next three weeks if on certain days I simply reprise via a link or links one or more earlier posts. Mostly this is because I have just received, and need more
John Wyver writes: On Friday 16 September 1938 a television OB unit was among newsreel cameras at Heston Aerodrome to provide live coverage of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s return from meeting Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden. You can see the more