Henry IV Part 1 (1979) Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales,…

#BBCTelevision #Shakespeare move into the second season with #HenryIV part 1. Featuring the same cast as #RichardII plus Anthony Quayle's fulsome and seemingly about to keel over from high blood pressure Falstaff. Very much in the house style, it works 1/2

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Today in Pop Culture History:
Feb 11, 1938 – #BBCTelevision produces the world’s first-ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the #KarelČapek play #RUR, that coined the term “ #robot ”.

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#OTD 5 Sep 1949.
The moon was televised for the first time from a balcony at Alexandra Palace.
A complicated arrangements of telescope & mirrors was required which directed the image into the television camera.
Produced by #AndrewMillerJones
#BBCTelevision #BBCTelevisionService

#OTD John Logie Baird dies, aged 57.
He demonstrated the world's first working television system on 26 Jan 1926.
Troubled by ill health he died 7 days after the reopening of #BBCTelevision, at home in Bexhill-on-Sea, and buried in Helensburgh, the town of his birth.
13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946

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BOOK ONE PHILIP PULLMAN HIS DARK MATERIALS HBO THE GOLDEN COMPASS BASED ON A BOOK A Book Club Podcast His DarkMaterials: The Golden Compass SEASON 2-EPISODE 19 PART 1: BOOK VS. SHOW EPS 1-4

✨New episode alert!✨
We’re kicking off our First in a Series theme with The Golden Compass/Northern Lights and His Dark Materials—hosted by Crystal! 🧭🐻

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Terrific telly tankard #BBCTelevision #TellyMerch #showusyourmugs

Remembering Donald Baverstock (the Controller of BBC Television, who ordered Sydney Newman to create the Saturday tea time show that became 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘩𝘰), who died 30 years ago today.

#Whoniverse #DoctorWho #BBC #BBCTelevision #DonaldBaverstock #30YearsAgoToday.

Today in Pop Culture History:
Feb 11, 1938 – #BBCTelevision produces the world’s first-ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the #KarelČapek play #RUR, that coined the term “#robot”.

youtu.be/7qxPPeyy1rs

Oh wow! Just wanted to pop in and say I'm loving the Powell and Pressburger season on #BBCTelevision 😍

R.I.P., Brian #Tesler [°Febr. 19, 1929 – Oct. 30, 2024]🌹😌

#BBCTelevision #ITV #Channel3 #ThamesTelevision #LWT #LondonWeekendTelevision #ATV #AssociatedTelevision #ABCTelevision #StanleyMyers #SirJeremyIsaacs #LewGrade #MichaelGrade #ValParnell #EstherHyman #BrianTesler