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"In the post-war territorial carve-up Britain gained mandates over a number of former German and Ottoman territories. British control now extended over more of the globe than ever before – but closer to home, Ireland was partitioned and the Irish Free State became independent in 1922." Source
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Discussed: BBCompany funding by licence & its monopoly on broadcasting
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Prime Minister - LAB
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Prime Minister - CON
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Discussed: Broadcasting organisation & its effects on viewers
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"Scottish inventor and engineer John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of television, leading to the historic trans-Atlantic transmissions of television from London to New York in 1928." Source
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- Crawford Committee (1926)
- Selsdon Committee (1935)
- Ullswater Committee (1935)
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"Women over the age of 21 are given the vote" Source
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"The Daily Service is a short Christian service broadcast every weekday morning between 9.45 and 10.00 on BBC Radio 4 (long wave and DAB). It was also broadcast on Radio 4's FM frequencies until 13th September 1991." Source
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Prime Minister - LAB
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Discussed: Broadcasting, including overseas; funding; nature of programming
Outcome: Further expansion of BBC & programmes -
Discussed: TV broadcasting & whether to use Baird or Marconi system
Outcome: BBC first TV broadcasts from Alexandra Palace; eventual use of Marconi system -
Prime Minister - CON
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"For the Children was a British television programme targeted at children of school age. (...) The series featured a variety of different presenters and acts: story readings, puppet shows, songs." Source
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- WW2 (1939-1945)
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French, German, Italian + Portuguese, Spanish
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In 1939, Britain found itself at war with Germany for the second time. After the defeat-turned-propaganda-triumph ‘miracle of Dunkirk’ in 1940 Britain stood alone. Victory in the Battle of Britain greatly raised morale, and subsequent blitz air raids on London, Coventry and many other towns failed to significantly lower it. Allied bombing from British bases and the 1944 D-Day landings hastened Germany’s defeat. Source
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"It took place at the RAF Hendon base in North London, in front of a specially invited audience of RAF personnel. The whole show was relayed worldwide across the airwaves, the first time a live show had ever been broadcast around the globe. The bill starred Adelaide Hall, Mantovani and His Orchestra, The Western Brothers, and Harry Roy and his Band."
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Prime Minister - CON
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"The Beveridge Report lays the foundations for the Welfare State, including the creation of the National Health Service in 1948" Source
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- WW2 (1939-1945)
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"Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices." Source
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- WW2 (1939-1945)
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Discussed: TV services after the war
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- Hankey Television Committee (1944)
- Beveridge Committee (1950)
- WW2 (1939 - 1945)
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Prime Minister - LAB
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"Today in Parliament is a British radio programme that covers the daily proceedings of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), on BBC Radio 4. (...) It is the only programme that the BBC is required to make under its charter." Source
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One of the first programmes shown is the Mickey Mouse cartoon from 1939.
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"India becomes independent from Britain and is partitioned" Source
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"The Service of Remembrance from the Cenotaph is televised live, and a telerecording shown that evening"
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"It is watched by an estimated 400,000 viewers."
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Discussed: BBC monopoly & funding
Outcome: Adoption of minority report (Selwyn Lloyd)'s recommendations due to CON win in 1950 elections: end of broadcasting monopoly => ITV -
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World's longest-running soap opera. "(...) initially billed "an everyday story of country folk"; and now, "a contemporary drama in a rural setting"."
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"Watch with Mother was a cycle of children's programmes created by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird. Broadcast by BBC Television from 1952 until 1975, it was the first BBC television series aimed specifically at pre-school children, a development of BBC radio's equivalent Listen with Mother, which had begun two years earlier." Source
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- Suez Crisis (Oct/Nov 1956)
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Temporarily & for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Permanently: 1955
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The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey is televised by the BBC and watched live by an estimated audience of 20 million people in the United Kingdom.
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"Panorama is a British current affairs documentary programme aired on BBC Television. First broadcast in 1953, it is the world's longest-running news television programme. (...) The programme also airs worldwide through BBC World News in many countries." Source
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Prime Minister - CON
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"Commercial television starts with the first ITV broadcast" Source
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"Anglo-French invasion of Egypt after Egypt’s decision to nationalise the Suez Canal Company, but the forces withdraw in the face of international pressure." Source
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Prime Minister - CON
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"It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. (...) Its content features viewer and presenter challenges, competitions, celebrity interviews, popular culture and sections on making arts and crafts items from household items. (...) The longevity of Blue Peter has established it as a significant part of British culture." Source
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- Pilkington Committee (1962)
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Discussed: Organisation of whole broadcasting industry & programmes
Outcome: BBC local radio; BBC 2; colour TV licence "Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste, and end by debauching it." -
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"The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box. (...) The show is a significant part of British popular culture and elsewhere it has gained a cult following. (...)The programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world. Source
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"The BBC starts broadcasting a second channel, BBC Two" Source
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"Each weekly show consisted of performances from some of that week's best-selling popular music records, usually excluding any tracks moving down the chart, including a rundown of that week's singles chart. (...) The Official Charts Company states "performing on the show was considered an honour, and it pulled in just about every major player.""
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"The Abortion Act 1967 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legalising abortions on certain grounds by registered practitioners, and regulating the tax-paid provision of such medical practices through the National Health Service (NHS)." Source
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The Sexual Offences Act 1967 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom (citation 1967 c. 60). It legalized homosexual acts in England and Wales, on the condition that they were consensual, in private and between two men who had attained the age of 21. Source
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"It shall not be lawful for a broadcast to be made from a ship or aircraft while it is in or over -the United Kingdom or external waters, nor shall it be lawful for a broadcast to be made from a ship registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or an aircraft so registered while the ship or aircraft is elsewhere than in or over the United Kingdom or external waters." (1.1)
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"BBC Radio 1 is launched, as a response to the threat from pirate radio station broadcasts of popular music. At the same time, the Light Programme, the third network (Network Three / the Third Programme), and the Home Service are renamed Radios 2, 3 and 4 respectively."
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- Annan Committee (1977)
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" It was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children. Initially commissioned as a short series by BBC Children's Department, who held editorial control, its facilities were provided by BBC News. The programme is aimed at 6- to 17-year-olds." Source
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Following a recent law change, BBC1 and ITV are allowed to begin broadcasting a full afternoon schedule with both broadcasters now broadcasting non-stop from lunchtime.
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The Three-Day Week was one of several measures introduced in the UK in 1973-1974 by the Conservative government at the time to conserve electricity, the generation of which was severely restricted owing to industrial action by coal miners &railway workers. (...) British government imposed early close downs of all television channels from 17 December 1973 (10:30pm). The restrictions were lifted temporarily on Christmas Eve. source
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Prime Minister - LAB
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Prime Minister - LAB
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Discussed: Broadcasting industry, new technologies & funding, role & funding of BBC & IBA, programme standards
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- Hunt Committee (1982)
- Falklands War / Guerre des Malouines (Apr/June 1982)
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Prime Minister - CON
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"BBC Children in Need (also promoted as Plant mewn Angen in Wales) is the BBC's UK charity. (...) One of the highlights is an annual telethon, held in November and televised on BBC One and BBC Two." Source
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"Channel 4 starts broadcasting, giving Britain its fourth television station." Source
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Discussed: Organisation & future of cable broadcasting
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- Peacock Committee (1986)
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The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Source
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Discussed: BBC funding (taxation, sponsorship & advertising or licence fee)
Outcome: Charter renewal & licence fee; night-time broadcasting; independent production sector growth; deregulation of ITV; satellite broadcasting -
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"Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web, while working at CERN the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Switzerland. The first successful communication follows in 1990" Source
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Prime Minister - CON
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