Uncovering the C.O. Stanley Pye Collection: A family business
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Celebrating 50 years of BBC2
Iain Baird looks back at the launch of BBC2 50 years ago, and explains how Play School accidentally .. -
The last remaining Scophony TV receiver high-speed scanner motor?
Iain Baird reveals the technology behind our latest television collection acquisition, and explains .. -
Puppets in the BBC Collection
Iain Logie Baird takes a look at some of the children's television puppets we've acquired .. -
The beginning of the end of black & white television
As TV Licensing announce that there are now fewer than 12,000 black and white TV licensees remaining.. -
Before TV on demand, there was the home videotape revolution
In 1975, the idea of video recording at home was unheard of. But a major development in TV's hi.. -
Bradford led the way in modern manufacturing of British TV sets
Iain Logie Baird investigates the history of the most modern and largest TV factory in all of Europe.. -
Watch rare and extraordinary film and TV in our BFI Mediatheque
If the latest influx of reality TV isn't your bag, come in from the cold and work your way thro.. -
Television fears inspire spooky reading in JB Priestley's ‘Uncle..
Curator Iain Logie Baird looks back at this forgotten gem of a short story and considers the Bradfor..
