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Recorded02 Nov 2011

Publisherpodcasts.files.bbci.co.uk ↗

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On 2 November 1936 the first regular TV service in the world was launched by the BBC.Initially it only had a few hundred viewers and was only broadcast for two hours a day. Viewers watched variety acts beamed live from the studios.

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