First night

It was a Saturday night in Scotland to remember: 31 August 1957. Scottish living rooms flickered to life just after 6pm, with something brand new; Independent Television. The first spectacular night b

‘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

Talking Pictures TV talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 82 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Dick Barton at Bay (1950) (Monday 1 September, 12.05pm) Action. Director: Godfrey Grayson. Starring: Don Stan

(Photograph taken around 1960) Well, 1957 arrived and, having deliberately fluffed two 11-plus exams to avoid Bala Grammar School, I attended Corwen Secondary School. We were told that we were the fir

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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