Documentary
Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born
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.
Directed by Peter Gauvain, David Dugan
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Released
Released
October 19, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
English
Top cast
Dallas Campbell
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Danielle George
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Hugh Hunt
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David Hendy
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Lily Frier
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Iain Logie Baird
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Robert Seatter
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Paul Marshall
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Paul Reveley
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Dick Fiddy
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Peter Swinson
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Emma Morgan
Performer (Adele Dixon)
Lee Payne
Performer (John W. Bubbles)
Dennis Elvie
Performer (Buck Washington)
Enoch Ogbame
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Peter Kwame Yeboa
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Louis Tetteh
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Leslie Mitchell
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Adele Dixon
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Betty Bolton
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