Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

0.0 / 1020161h 30m

Synopsis

TV presenter Dallas Campbell, engineer Professor Danielle George and engineer Dr Hugh Hunt re-create the opening of the BBC's television service on 2 November 1936. This involves building the mechanical flying-spot cameras that were used by Baird's system.

Genre: Documentary

Status: Released

Director: Peter Gauvain

Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0817s4g