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Stewart White brings Central Television on the air in 1982 for schools programmes
I.T.V. in the Midlands opened
ATV comes to the Midlands in 1956, with the Birmingham Post waiting to welcome them
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TV Wizardry – In and Out of the Studios
New technology sweeps ITV, with ENG, computer editing and ½-inch tape at the fore
Motor-Car Radio
A new invention is making its way from the US: radios for the car. But can they ever work?
New European Wavelengths Plan
An in-depth look at the Lucerne Plan for radio wavelengths in Europe in 1933
Broadcasting in Britain: New Dimensions in Broadcasting – Colour and Stereophony
Part six of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
BBC income and expenditure 1959-1960
The BBC tell staff where the money came from and went in 1959-60
Christmas with Fusion
The ghosts of Christmases past: 10 covers from Christmas editions of Fusion, the Rediffusion staff newsletter
Ready, Steady, Go runs into imaginative paralysis
Kids these days, growls Milton Shulman as he refuses to give them their ball back
Behind the Screens with some of TV’s more familiar faces
The people behind your favourite programmes – and the people in front of them
What will the ad spots be like?
TV Mirror in 1955 looks at how this new television advertising thing will work
In a TV year That Never Was these were my worst programmes
Milton Shulman picks his way through the viewing offerings of 1965
240, 405, 625, 1080… GO!
Geoff Nash tries to explain 2023’s TV technology to a 1936 viewer
3 + 1 = 2050
You’re not forced to watch BBC Three. But its existence is vital
Do the lockdown mash
Two years when everything changed: not least, the pictures got smaller