British TV history: everything you wanted to know
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Hungry for seconds? Well, History's Greatest Dishes from History Extra is back for series two. To join us as we serve up stories of some remarkable delicacies from the past, search History's Greatest Dishes and follow the feed wherever you get your podcasts. Hungry for seconds? Well, History's Greatest Dishes from History Extra is back for series two. To join us as we serve up stories of some remarkable delicacies from the past, search History's Greatest Dishes and follow the feed wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the History Extra podcast. Fascinating historica conversations From the makers of BBC history magazine.
What were the first ever TV sets like? Why were early T V presenters given electric shocks? And what was behind the nineteen fifties appetite? for horror plays. In this Everything You Wanted To Know episode, historian David Hendy joins Matt Elton to answer listener questions about a century of British TV.
From the Quatormass Experiment to Blue Peter. Together they explore how the medium reflects a rapidly changing society. David, could you give us a very brief overview of what the broadcasting landscape was like in the years before television? Yeah, and uh before is actually quite a tricky word when it comes to television because
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