Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born (2016)

• Documentary

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.

Release date

October 19, 2016

Runtime

1h 30m

Language

English

Director

Peter Gauvain

Status

Released