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Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

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0.0·2016·1h 30m

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 ...

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Dallas Campbell

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Danielle George

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Hugh Hunt

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Peter Gauvain

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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.