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Month Day Event March: 31: John Logie Baird installs a television receiver at the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom's residence in London.: July: 14: First television drama broadcast, a production of Luigi Pirandello's The Man With the Flower in His Mouth by the BBC from Baird's studios at 133 Long Acre, London, directed by Val Gielgud.
Today is Good Friday. There is no news." [4] Piano music follows. 22 April – the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. 30 April – first section of the 132kV AC National Grid, the Central Scotland Electricity Scheme, is switched on in Edinburgh. [5]
The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK. Consequently, BBC News 24 is now available to all digital viewers. BBC Parliament is carried but due to bandwidth issues, the channel is broadcast in sound only. The first edition of UK Today is broadcast. It airs as a replacement for the regional news bulletins because broadcasting English ...
Two separate government studies identify spare frequency space on the UHF band, prompting political debate about the viability of a fifth UK terrestrial TV channel. 1988 in British television – By the end of 1988, all ITV regions are providing a full 24-hour service, which includes through-the-night news summaries and bulletins from ITN. Also ...
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 ...
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During the 1930s there were also experimental transmissions from the Vatican - but further details are unknown. Later Arturo Castellani emerges as the main figure being early regular broadcasts. [20] [21] [22] Italy 1932 (mechanical): 60 lines, 20 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio, ~45x60 pixels per frame, test movies and live images
Television portal; United Kingdom portal; Television series which originated in the United Kingdom in the decade 1930s. i.e. in the years 1930 to 1939.Television shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United Kingdom should be removed from this category and its sub-categories