OTD in early British television: 16 July 1939 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: Noting ‘E.H.R.’s brief review in The Observer on Sunday 16 July 1939 of East End, a programme that was broadcast four days before, allows me both to preserve OTD-ness today while at...

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OTD in early British television: 10 March 1939 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: Friday 10 March 1939 saw the publication of Radio Times issue no 806. Around one-third of the copies distributed in the south of England carried television listings and the ‘diary c...

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A month of television OTDs: December - Illuminations John Wyver writes: Welcome to a new index of the earliest group of my daily posts about an aspect of British television before the Second World War. Listed below are the posts that ran from late Novem...

... and the one for December, with a bit of November too.

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I was heartened that towards the end of this month a couple of friends began to post responses, and I do hope that this trend continues.

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OTD in early British television: 21 February 1938 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: Making a Poster on the evening of Monday 21 February 1938 featured artist Dora Clarke, familiar from other AP broadcasts, taking the audience through the stages of producing what wa...

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OTD in early British television: 9 February 1939 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: the evening of Thursday 9 February 1939 saw a 40-minute edition of Contrasts, which was a catch-all title for juxtapositions of variety artists from differing traditions. This was a...

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OTD in early British television: 5 February 1939 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: The evening of Sunday 5 February 1939 was taken up with a 105-minute version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, with John Abbott as Prospero and Stephen Haggard as Ariel. Playing Caliban...

For more critical response to The Tempest, see the full post:

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OTD in early British television: 4 February 1938 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: What is arguably the origin moment of one the simplest and most obvious television techniques occurred in a broadcast talk on the evening of 4 February 1938. The esteemed art histor...

For more about Wilenski and about the RA exhibition, including a link to the catalogue, please see the full blog post:

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OTD in early British television: 28 January 1939 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: Let us return to table tennis on television. A week ago on this blog, we saw a studio demonstration on 22 January 1938. A year on, on Saturday 28 January 1939, we can travel with on...

But for Purbeck's critique of the commentary, and more detail generally, please read the full blog entry:

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Waymo robotaxis are coming to Tokyo in 2025 | TechCrunch Waymo will begin testing its autonomous vehicle technology in Tokyo in early 2025, the first time the Alphabet company's robotaxis have driven on public

For everyone who keeps saying AVs will reach Level 5 in 2025 (or the years before that), so we should deploy them everywhere. It’s real tech but it’s been overhyped through the years. Give it time.
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