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- Title
The Early Years of Television and the BBC. By Jamie Medhurst.
- Authors
Dhillon, Richard
- Abstract
Chapter 5 goes on to offer a fascinating account of this often-overlooked period of television history: the BBC's first regular, 30-line television service, which ran from 1932 to 1935. Significantly, Medhurst convincingly challenges the commonly accepted notion that John Reith, Director General of the BBC, deeply disliked television and resisted the BBC's involvement with it. Through extensive archival research, Medhurst interweaves the complex histories of early television technologies and the BBC during the 1920s and 1930s to construct a compelling narrative of the relationship, from laboratory-based experimentation to a regular public, high-definition broadcast service.
- Subjects
TELEVISION; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; TELEVISION sets; TELEVISION viewers
- Publication
Twentieth Century British History, 2023, Vol 34, Issue 2, p387
- ISSN
0955-2359
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/tcbh/hwad004