Film

The Birth of Television

19761h 29mDocumentary

Director: Laurie John
Year: 1976

In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

Top cast

Leslie Mitchell

Self - Presenter / Interviewee

Gracie Fields

Self - Interviewee

Dinah Sheridan

Self - Interviewee

Arthur Askey

Self - Interviewee

Cyril Fletcher

Self - Interviewee

Jasmine Bligh

Self - Interviewee

Elizabeth Cowell

Self - Interviewee

Joan Miller

Self - Interviewee

Directed by

Laurie John

Written by

Bruce Norman

Produced by

Bruce Norman

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