Synopsis
Alan Yentob celebrates the 70th anniversary of the world's first scheduled high-definition television service, by the BBC from Alexandra Palace in 1936.
- Programme: imagine...
- Series: Autumn 2006
- Episode: And Then There Was Television
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2006
- Media & Photography
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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