development of the tv industry in britain

1. DEVELOPMENT OF
THE TV INDUSTRY
IN BRITAIN
H A R R Y

2. TV TIMELINE

3. TV HISTORY
• The Television was invented by John Logie Baird. In 1926 he showed the worlds first mechinal television system and how it
worked.
• In 1927, the BBC began broadcasting under the royal charter
• In 1938 the first news bulletin was broadcast in sound only from the BBC.
• Between 1939 and 1945, Television was suspended because World War 2.
• In 1946 The BBC started broadcasting for the first time after the war.
• In 1950, the first general election results are broadcast.
• 1952 – King George VI funeral is broadcast in the UK.
• In 1948 the London Olympics are broadcast.
• In 1953 Elizabeth !! Coronation is broadcast
• In 1955 ITV launches
• 1969 Colour TV begins.

4. JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
• John Logie Baird invented a full mechanical working television in 1926. In January 1926
he presented it to 50 scientists in Central London and showed them how it works. In
1927 the television was over 438 miles of telephone line between London and
Glasgow. In the same year he built the ‘Baird Television Development Company’.
• In 1928 the BDTC made it’s first translantic transmission between London and New
York.

5. POST WAR TV
The BBC stopped broadcasting in 1939 because of worrying that the signals would help
the German bombers.
Broadcasting returned in 1946 after the war ended. In June 1946, the Television Licence
was introduced in the UK costing £2.
John Logie Baird (the Television inventor) died on June 14th 1946

6. TV IN THE 1950S
• Television was becoming more popular in the 1950s because there was noticeable
change in people’s habits of viewing. This is because of the mediums, they had an
influence on people.
• Broadcasting the Queens Coronation in 1953 was a big turning point because of the
increase of TV sets in public use. In March 1953 figures for sound and television
licences were given as 2,142,452 compared with 1,457,000 the year before. The Queens
coronation was broadcast for seven hours, giving viewers the chance to see the whole
service apart from the Queen being anointed, the communion prayers and the
administration of sacremant.

7. TV IN THE 1960S
• BBC Two ran a trial of the colour TV service, which gradually became more popular
over time. In 1967 BBC Radio 1 went live. Pirate radio stations were banned by the
government and Radio 1 launched to increase the need of the Youth Market. The first
DJ was Tony Blackburn and the first show was ‘Daily Disc Delivery’

8. TV IN THE 1970S
• In the 1970s there was a recession and some shows had to go back to being filmed in
black and white because TV companies couldn’t afford to run colour TV.
• In January 1970, the open University and BBC made a partnership that changed access
to university education. This followed a desire to make learning more accessible
• In April 1972, the first children's news bulletin was broadcast by John Craven. He sat in
front of the desk instead of behind it because it would remind children of a teacher.
Newsround was the first attempt to give children a news service they could enjoy.

9. TV IN THE 1980S

10. TV IN THE 1990S
• In September 1995 DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) was promoted by the BBC, and it became really
popular in the UK and Europe. The research by the BBC provided a lot of the technology and systems
to make DAB happen. This included interference free quality and programme information which were
beneficial.
• In November 1997 the BBC opened the 24 hour news service. This was called ’BBC News 24’ and was
the second 24 hour news service in Britain. Its now available from a number of digital platforms, and it
continues to win awards for the stories and investigations into them.
• In December 1997, bbc.co.uk was launched on the Internet by Lord Birt who was the director general
of the BBC. He got advice off young people who were working in the Corporation.
• In September 1998 the first BBC digital TV channel was released. ‘BBC Choice’ included the BBC’s first
daily sports show as well as music and sporting events. The biggest attraction was the behind the
scenes shows which showed how the BBC work behind the camera. The channel then mutated in 2003.

11. TV IN THE 2000S
• I’m a Celebrity… Get me out of here launched in August 2002. The first winner of the
show was Tony Blackburn. The show is hosted by Ant and Dec. Ant was replaced in
2018 by Holly Willoughby for one series. Ant returned for the 2019 series.
• Strictly launched in 2004 on BBC One. This was a relaunched of the show ’Come
Dancing’ between 1949-1998.
• Dancing on Ice launched in 2006. They took a break for four years between 2014 and
2018. The show returned in January 2018 with Torvill and Dean as head judges, judging
the skating and Ashley Banjo and Jason Gardiner judging the acting/performance.

12. TV IN THE 2010S

13. TV CHANNELS

14. THE BBC
• The BBC was founded on the 18th October 1922 by a group of wireless manufacturers.
Broadcasting began on the 14th November 1922. It started with a daily radio show in
London.
• In September 1923, the first publication of the Radio Times magazine happened, and it
had a list of the few shows the BBC had to offer.
• In January 1927, the BBC was established by the Royal Charter, and called it the ‘British
Broadcasting Corporation

15. ITV
• ITV launched on 22nd September 1955.
• For ITV’s 60th anniversary, Coronation Street did a special live episode.
• ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK.
• A law was passed in 1990 (Broadcasting Act 1990) and ITV was named channel 3 to not
mix it up from other analogue channels (BBC 1 BBC 2 and Channel 4). Number 3 was
assigned because television sets would tune into the regional areas.

16. CHANNEL 4
• Channel four was founded on the 2nd November 1982. Channel 4 is a public free service
channel
• Channel 4 has done a lot production within a lot of genres. They were
• Channel 4 didn’t conform the expectations of religious broadcasting in the UK. John
Ranelagh made his priority of making the religious side of TV more broad. He ignored the
religious programme advisory structure which was created by the BBC and later adopted by
ITV. John Ranelagh first major commission caused an outrage. This was because of a
documentary called Jesus: The Evidence. The programme was aired at Easter in 1984.
• The Producers of Jesus: The evidence didn’t help the controversy because they put up a
statue of Jesus Christ which exploded in slow motion. The statue was made to make a
point, but it ended up causing offence to some people.

17. CHANNEL 5
• Channel 5 launched in 1997.

18. FAMOUS TV
BUILDINGS

19. TELEVISION CENTRE
• Television Centre is a TV building in White City in West London. It opened in 1960,
then closed in 2013 but reopened again in 2017. famous shows like Fawlty Towers
have been filmed here.
• They call the studios ’TC’s’ (TC1, TC2, TC3). They have 14 studios, but only three of
them can be used. TC1 is where they film ’The Graham Norton Show’, and they will be
filming Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in there from 2020. In TC2 They film
ITV’s Lorraine, Loose Women and Peston. And in TC3 they film ITV’s Good Morning
Britain and This Morning.
• ITV moved to Television Centre in 2018 because The London Studios closed to be
refurbished.

20. THE LONDON STUDIOS
• The London Studios is in Waterloo, Central London and is on the Southbank. It was
owned by ITV until they moved to Television Centre in 2018. It closed on 30th April
2018 to be refurbished, but then in October 2018 it was announced the building would
be demolished and turned into housing.
• There were nine studios in the building, but only six were being used by the time the
building was shutting.

21. ELSTREE STUDIOS
• Elstree Studios is in Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire.
• Elstree Studios is London’s Number one Film & TV studio. It’s home to some of the
Top British TV Shows: Strictly Come Dancing, The Chase, Celebrity Juice. The Studios
opened in 1914 and was originally called Neptune Studios. It became a corner stone of
British film and TV.
• The BBC bought the building in 1983 to produce EastEnders which first aired in
February 1985.
• In World War II the building was used for storage by the government

22. BROADCASTING HOUSE
• Broadcasting House is the headquarters for the BBC. The building opened on 15th
March 1932 The first radio broadcast happened in the building the same day. The
building is designed and constructed in an Art Deco style.

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