History of British Television
Category: Otro
Actualizado: 21 oct 2018
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14/11/1922:
First BBC broadcasts from London01/01/1927:
The British Broadcasting Company
becomes a Corporation;
granted a Royal Charter20/08/1929:
First transmissions of John Logie Baird's
30 line television system26/01/1926:
Demonstration of the first working televsion system
by John Logie Baird28/09/1923:
First edition of The Radio Times02/11/1936:
The BBC Television service opens.
The first broadcaster in the world
to provide a high definition service05/1932:
BBC Television begins broadcasting
a regular channel, which later became
BBC One; The opening of the Broadcast House03/06/1931:
First television outside broadcast22/08/1932:
BBC take over programme making
for the 30 line television service01/09/1939:
Television is suspended in the event of WWII,
in fear that the signals would help Germans02/09/1945:
End of WWII07/06/1946:
Television resumes broadcasting after WWII07/1948:
BBC hosts Olympic Games in London07/10/1946:
Introduction of Women's Hour; a dedicated
radio programme to the political issues facing
women (created by Norman Collins) was discussed24/04/1937:
Children's Television show For The Children,
was introduced10/1949:
Children's TV shows were inaugurated
after WWII, and one of it's early successes
was the show Muffin the Mule (Starring
Annette Mills)01/1948:
Introduction of the News in Television service22/09/1955:
Commercial Television begins to broadcast
in the London area29/05/1950:
The TV soap opera The Archers
is released09/04/1954:
Britian's first TV soap The Grove Family aires03/06/1953:
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth is aired live,
which helped boost sales of white TV sets22/09/1955:
Launch of ITV, destructing the
23 year consistency of the BBC
as the single channel of British TV06/07/1956:
Televised version of Hancock's Half Hour
was released (BBC)24/04/1957:
Launch of The Sky of Night16/10/1958:
Introduction of Blue Peter,
engaging young viewers interests09/12/1960:
Britain's longest running soap
Coronation Street is launched on
ITV19/06/1960:
Nan Winton becomes the first
national newsreader on BBC07/01/1961:
Avengers is launched on ITV02/10/1961:
Points of View is aired on BBCNew
23/11/1963:
Launch of Doctor Who on BBC07/01/1967:
The Forsyte Saga Television
adaptation is released, starring
a middle class family that
revolutionised costume drama01/08/1965:
Cigarette advertising ban under the Television Act 196430/09/1965:
Thunderbirds is launched (ATV)01/07/1967:
First colour transmissions
on BBC2 began16/11/1966:
Launch of Cathy Come Home,
regarded as the best known play
to be broacasted in British TV1969:
Colour TV is broadcasted on BBC and ITV16/07/1969:
Moon landing is broadcasted on BBC14/09/1970:
BBC 9'o'clock news launched,13/02/1972:
The first 34 episodes of
The Mary Tyler Moore Show was
broadcasted on BBC, however dropped
on December 29th, 19721993:
full series of the Mary Tyler Moore Show
was repeated on The Family Channel between
1993-9610/04/1971:
Launch of the Comical sitcom
The Two Ronnies on BBC19/09/1975:
Fawtly Towers aired on BBC215/02/1973:
Some Mothers Do Av' Em09/1975:
First transmission of the James Bond Film10/10/1971:
Upstairs, Downstairs was launched on ITVMan About The House
airs on ITVThe Family - ground breaking
documentary programme raised
awareness on the issues of race,
class and attitudes of 70s England13/02/1978:
Anna Ford becomes the first
female news reader on ITN25/09/1979:
First broadcast of Question Time14/04/1969
The Liver Birds launched on BBC07/05/1974:
Happy Ever After15/01/1955:
The Benny Hill show was introduced,
the comedy was cancelled in 1989 for
it's declining ratings and complaints of
sexism17/01/1983:
Launch of the breakfast show06/01/1980:
Family Fortunes01/02/1980:
Play Your Cards Right14/07/1985
Watchdog14/08/2000:
The Weakest Link03/01/1983
CITV Launched19/02/1985:
Eastenders Debuts on BBC102/11/1982
Introduction of Channel 4,
alongside the show Countdown09/07/2001:
The Office18/03/1985:
Debut of Neighbors in 198606/09/1986
Casualty: created by young socialists,
they wanted to create a "television
revolution" that would be feminist,
anti-racist, pro-NHS and anti-Conservative16/09/1981
Postman Pat01/02/1983:
Debut of Good Morning BritainPoner en grupo
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