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It has been on before of course




DOCUMENTARY: The Birth of Television
On: BBC Four
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 22:15 to 23:45 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)

Leslie Mitchell announced the official opening of the first
high-definition public television service in the world an 2 November
1936. Forty years later, from the same studio at Alexandra Palace, he
traces the origins of television from the beginning of this century to
the first outside broadcast - the coronation of George VI in May 1937.
First broadcast 1 November 1976.
(Subtitles)

Director: Laurie John
Starring: Leslie Mitchell, Bruce Norman

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On 20/01/2026 15:05, JMB99 wrote:

It has been on before of course

DOCUMENTARY: The Birth of Television
On: BBC Four
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 22:15 to 23:45 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)

<snip>

And immediately preceding that, from 21:00 to 22:15, there's a
documentary about John Logie Baird.
--
John Hall

You can divide people into two categories:
those who divide people into two categories and those who don't
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On 20/01/2026 16:42, John Hall wrote:

On 20/01/2026 15:05, JMB99 wrote:

It has been on before of course




DOCUMENTARY: The Birth of Television
On: BBC Four
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 22:15 to 23:45 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)

<snip>

And immediately preceding that, from 21:00 to 22:15, there's a
documentary about John Logie Baird.

I am always a bit wary of programmes about him, his 'fan club' often to
claim he invented a very wide of things.

DOCUMENTARY: JLB: The Man Who Saw the Future
On: BBC Four
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2026 (starting in 3 hours and 27 minutes)
Time: 21:00 to 22:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)

The story of John Logie Baird, the man who invented TV, arguably the
most influential and life-changing innovation of the 20th century. The programme includes rare archive footage and offers a fascinating insight
into a man who was totally committed to his work, miraculously surviving
a 1,000-volt electric shock during one of his early experiments.
(Subtitles, Widescreen)

Director: Jan Leman
Starring: Jan Leman

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Also this

https://www.bairdtelevision.com/the-making-of-jlb-the-man-who-saw-the-future-2002.html




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On 20/01/2026 16:42, John Hall wrote:

On 20/01/2026 15:05, JMB99 wrote:

It has been on before of course




DOCUMENTARY: The Birth of Television
On: BBC Four
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 22:15 to 23:45 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)

<snip>

And immediately preceding that, from 21:00 to 22:15, there's a
documentary about John Logie Baird.

Thanks, both if you.
--
Brian Gregory (in England).
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On 20/01/2026 17:35, JMB99 wrote:

DOCUMENTARY: JLB: The Man Who Saw the Future
On: BBC Four
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2026 (starting in 3 hours and 27 minutes)
Time: 21:00 to 22:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long

The story of John Logie Baird, the man who invented TV, arguably the
most influential and life-changing innovation of the 20th century. The programme includes rare archive footage and offers a fascinating insight into a man who was totally committed to his work, miraculously surviving
a 1,000-volt electric shock during one of his early experiments.
(Subtitles, Widescreen)

Director: Jan Leman
Starring: Jan Leman

Saw that. They missed this place

https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/john-logie-baird-nw9-stone
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Adrian C
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On 20/01/2026 17:35, JMB99 wrote:

On 20/01/2026 16:42, John Hall wrote:

On 20/01/2026 15:05, JMB99 wrote:

It has been on before of course

DOCUMENTARY: The Birth of Television
On: BBC Four
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 22:15 to 23:45 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)

<snip>

And immediately preceding that, from 21:00 to 22:15, there's a
documentary about John Logie Baird.

I am always a bit wary of programmes about him, his 'fan club' often to claim he invented a very wide of things.

DOCUMENTARY: JLB: The Man Who Saw the Future
On: BBC Four
Date: Tuesday 20th January 2026 (starting in 3 hours and 27 minutes)
Time: 21:00 to 22:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)

The story of John Logie Baird, the man who invented TV, arguably the
most influential and life-changing innovation of the 20th century. The programme includes rare archive footage and offers a fascinating insight into a man who was totally committed to his work, miraculously surviving
a 1,000-volt electric shock during one of his early experiments.
(Subtitles, Widescreen)

Director: Jan Leman
Starring: Jan Leman

Baird (and us) would have benefitted from someone to tell him what to concentrate on. Maybe he would have developed a good electronic system
if he hadn't spent time trying to make a 1000 line, colour 3D system.
This was only developed in the early 2000s. The EMI 405 line, monochrome
2D system sufficed until the mid 1960s.
--
Max Demian
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