The document summarizes the development of the TV industry in Britain from the invention of television by John Logie Baird in 1926 to modern times. Key events include the BBC beginning regular TV broadcasts in 1946 after WWII, ITV launching in 1955, and color TV being introduced in 1969. Famous TV buildings discussed are Television Centre, The London Studios, Elstree Studios, and Broadcasting House.

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

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 communication prayers and the
administration of sacremant.

7. TV IN THE 1960S

8. TV IN THE 1970S

9. TV IN THE 1980S

10. TV IN THE 1990S

11. TV IN THE 2000S

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.

16. CHANNEL 4
• Channel four was founded on the 2nd November 1982.

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.

23. GRANADA

24. BIBLIOGRAPHY

25. • https://www.bbc.com/timelines/zxqc4wx