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The Birth of Television
01:20 am - 02:50 am Thursday, November 5
The Birth of Television
Leslie Mitchell announced the official opening of the first high-definition public television service in the world on November 2 1936. Forty years later, from the same studio at Alexandra Palace, he traces the origins of television from the beginning of this century to the first outside broadcast - the coronation of George VI in May 1937. First broadcast in 1976
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- Leslie Mitchell — Presenter
- Bruce Norman — Writer
- Laurie John — Director
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