The Birth of Television
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
The Birth of Television airs on BBC Four HD at 1:20 AM, Thursday 5 November. (Subtitles.)
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General
Leslie Mitchell
Presenter
Bruce Norman
Writer
Laurie John
Director