OTD in early British television: 4 September 1938

4th September 2025

John Wyver writes: Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch but I want an excuse to return to 1938's Radiolympia which closed 'yesterday'. So I'm speculating that Sunday 4 September would have been the day when a crew dismantled more

OTD in early British television: 30 August 1938

30th August 2025

John Wyver writes: We are back at Radiolympia today, for the sixth day of the 1938 edition, on Tuesday 30 August. Come and Be Televised played in the morning, just after a broadcast from the fair by Mr Middleton about more

OTD in early British television: 23 August 1939

23rd August 2025

John Wyver writes: Late August means it's time for the annual trade show Radiolympia. Manufacturers and consumers gathered for a week or so in west London to look at the latest radio and television receivers and to be entertained by more