John Wyver writes: Having noted the first activity in at Alexandra Palace in 1936 yesterday, today we make a jump on a year on to an article that marked what was claimed as television's 'first birthday'. Never mind that regular more
The 250th 'OTD in early British television' post. John Wyver writes: The Scotsman was among the newspapers that on the morning of Monday 24 August 1936 carried news of the previous day's press preview of the BBC's television operations at Alexandra more
John Wyver writes: At just after 11pm on Monday 22 August 1932, the BBC began a television service using Baird company 30-line technology. Baird Television Ltd had been broadcasting since November 1929, at times with limited BBC support, but now more
John Wyver writes: Somewhat distracted today, so only a very brief and late OTD. The afternoon of Friday 20 August 1937 saw a 'local OB' from Alexandra Park titled Sheepdog Trial. Billed as 'a demonstration of canine intelligence', the 20-minute more
John Wyver writes: On Saturday 19 August 1939, two weeks and a day before the declaration of war, one of the BBC's OB units was at the Oval for the first day's play (of just three) in the final Test more
John Wyver writes: Looking back to the programmes of August 1939 you can't escape the sense of the impending war, now (as it were) little more than a fortnight away. And yet AP copntinued to turn out intriguing transmissions, including more
John Wyver writes: 'Television set for £23', promised a 17 August 1939 Daily Telegraph article penned by the paper's well-informed radio correspondent L. Marsland Gander. He was writing ten days ahead of the popular trade fair Radiolympia which attracted thousands more
John Wyver writes: After a three week break. a full schedule began again from AP on the afternoon of Monday 16 August 1937. Two afternoons of Davis Cup tennis and some test broadcasts had been the only offering for more
John Wyver writes: Late on the evening of Monday 15 August 1938 (well, late for AP, in fact 10.12pm), Marjan Rawicz and Walter Landauer gave a short recital on two pianos. They were also studio guests the following afternoon, presumably more
John Wyver writes: Late evening on Monday 15 August 1939 saw a mobile control unit in Hammersmith for an hour-long outside broadcast from the Palais. Viewers saw dancing including the 'Palais Glide', 'Big Apple', , 'Jitter Bug', and 'Boops-a-Daisy', as more