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  • Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born (2016)
  • TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary, History
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Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born (2016)
TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary, History

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 ...See moreTV 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. See less
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Nov 2, 2016 (United Kingdom)

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17 cast members
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Dallas Campbell
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
Danielle George
Self - Engineer (as Professor Danielle George) Self - Engineer (as Professor Danielle George)   See fewer
Hugh Hunt
Self - Engineer (as Dr Hugh Hunt) Self - Engineer (as Dr Hugh Hunt)   See fewer
Emma Morgan
Self - Performer, 'Television' Self - Performer, 'Television'   See fewer
Lee Payne
Self - Performer Self - Performer   See fewer
Dennis Elvie
Self - Performer Self - Performer   See fewer
Enoch Ogbame
Self - Performer Self - Performer   See fewer
Peter Kwame Yeboa
Self - Performer Self - Performer   See fewer
Louis Tetteh
Self - Performer Self - Performer   See fewer
David Hendy
Self - Broadcast Historian (as Professor David Hendy) Self - Broadcast Historian (as Professor David Hendy)   See fewer
Lily Fryer
Self - Performer on Early Television Programmes Self - Performer on Early Television Programmes   See fewer
Iain Baird
Self - Curator, National Media Museum (as Iain Logie Baird) Self - Curator, National Media Museum (as Iain Logie Baird)   See fewer
Robert Seatter
Self - Head of BBC History Self - Head of BBC History   See fewer
Paul Hays-Marshall
Self - Engineer and Collector (as Paul Marshall) Self - Engineer and Collector (as Paul Marshall)   See fewer
Paul Reveley
Self - Technical Assistant to John Logie Baird 1932-38 Self - Technical Assistant to John Logie Baird 1932-38   See fewer
Dick Fiddy
Self - Television Historian, British Film Institute Self - Television Historian, British Film Institute   See fewer
Peter Swinson
Self - Film Telecinist and Baird Enthusiast Self - Film Telecinist and Baird Enthusiast   See fewer
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