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Chris Hallam takes a look back at the Channel 4 improvisation show
In 1950, television ownership was rare yet by 1960 it was the norm. Two events propelled this development: the televising of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 and the start of commercial televis
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‘I ought to warn you, that if you haven’t read any of my stories, that you may be disturbed by some of the things which happen in them.” With this note of caution, author Roald Dahl began his brief in
It was at 7.15pm on Thursday 22 September 1955 that the greatest commercial television event appeared on screens in the London area. As screens flickered the first images, most of the 200,000 viewers
