Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

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Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born (2016)

Directed by Peter Gauvain

Documentary · 1h 30m

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.

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Cast

Dallas Campbell Self
D
Danielle George Self
H
Hugh Hunt Self
D
David Hendy Self
L
Lily Frier Self
I
Iain Logie Baird Self
R
Robert Seatter Self
P
Paul Marshall Self
P
Paul Reveley Self
D
Dick Fiddy Self
P
Peter Swinson Self
E
Emma Morgan Performer (Adele Dixon)

Crew

Director
Peter Gauvain
Editor
Ian Meller
Producer
Peter Gauvain

Details

Release date
2016-10-19
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Windfall Films, BBC