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The world's first scheduled, high-definition (as then defined; meaning 240-line) television programmes were broadcast on 2 November 1936 by the British Broadcasting Corporation. They had been preceded by a number of low-definition BBC test broadcasts, as well as a 180-line Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk service, from Berlin, since March 1935.
October 8 – Picture Page (UK) is first broadcast as part of the BBC's test transmissions prior to launch (1936–1939; 1946–1952) November 3 – Starlight (UK), a variety show, debuts on the BBC (1936–1939; 1946–1949). Theatre Parade (UK) premieres on the BBC (1936–1938).
2 November – The first regular high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) BBC Television Service, based at Alexandra Palace in London, officially begins broadcasting (after test transmissions began in August).
24 June – Test match Cricket airs for the first time on the BBC Television Service, with coverage of the second test of The Ashes series between England and Australia, live from Lord's Cricket Ground. 1939. 4 March – The BBC Television Service airs one of the first plays to be written especially for television, Condemned To Be Shot by R. E ...
The first programme broadcast – and thus the first ever, on a dedicated TV channel – was "Opening of the BBC Television Service" at 15:00. [10] The first major outside broadcast was the coronation of George VI and Elizabeth in May 1937. The two systems were to run on a trial basis for six months; early television sets supported both ...
The channel was launched on 2 November 1936 under the name BBC Television Service, which was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. [b] It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1.
16 September – The BBC makes the world's first live television broadcast of a football match, a specially arranged local mirror match derby fixture between Arsenal and Arsenal reserves. [15] 1938. 3 January – The BBC begins broadcasting its first foreign-language radio service, in Arabic. [10]
1936. 2 November – The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service from Alexandra Palace.Television news coverage consists of cinema newsreels from British Movietone News and sound-only news bulletins from BBC Radio.