His eventful life included a near-death experience when a fellow sailor accidentally discharged a revolver. Now you can discover Tom's story by He is pictured on the right. Why Don't You? The Moral Maze 20 August Match of the Day begins 22 August BBC Monitoring 26 August Radio 5 launches 27 August First live TV from the continent 27 August Start of experimental stereo broadcasting 28 August Elizabeth Cowell first female TV announcer 31 Aug The six short 'pips' were designed to mark the precise start of every hour on BBC radio.
Time signals based on the same principle exist in other countries. Sir John Reith becomes the first Director-General. The Charter defined the BBC's objectives, powers and obligations. But it was Baird who developed the disc-scanning equipment that made television possible.
In Baird enlisted the aid of Selfridges in London to put on public demonstrations of his equipment. However, the BBC's official line was that Baird's pictures were well below standard and that they had too little potential for improvement.
In truth, the Corporation was very interested in Baird's experiments and wanted them to continue under their sponsorship, and not under that of any other company. Accordingly, Baird's company was offered the use of facilities on London's South Bank. By the BBC were sufficiently happy to allow regular experimental broadcasting. They now offered Baird a studio in their newly acquired premises in Portland Place, W1.
Studio BB, Britain's first dedicated television studio, was housed in the basement of Broadcasting House, and it was from here that Baird continued to experiment and refine the new medium. In May of the British government appointed a committee, under the guidance of Lord Selsdon, to begin enquiries into the viability of setting up a public television service, with recommendations as to the conditions under which such a service could be offered.
The BBC was to be entrusted with the development of television, which had to transmit a definition of not less than lines with a minimum of 25 pictures per second. With the publication of this report the era of the low definition picture came to an end with ballerina Lydia Sokolova being the last artiste in Britain to appear via the old line system. The committee proposed that the two new high definition systems Baird's line and Marconi-EMI's line would be chosen to alternate transmissions by the BBC over a set period, until it was decided which was the better.
Its position, high on a hill, made it the ideal place to place a transmitter that would cover all of London and many of its surrounding counties. Sanctioned with the monumental task of bringing high-definition broadcasting to the British public as a regular service was Director of Radio Outside Broadcasting, Gerald Cock, now appointed the BBC's Director of Television.
Cock's first task was to assemble a team of experts and then summon them to a meeting where a plan of strategy could be worked out. In front of camera was to be experienced Movietone News commentator, Leslie Mitchell, and female announcers Jasmine Bligh and Elizabeth Cowell were chosen from thousands of hopefuls who had applied for the job.
According to popular legend Cock assembled his staff and told them that since none of them knew a thing about television broadcasting, he was going to give them ample time to find out. They were given four months to study the new medium and do all the experimenting they needed in order to get it "right on the night". The meeting came to a close and each new member of the BBC staff returned to their respective offices.
As Madden returned to his the phone was ringing. It was Cock. It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the magic of television
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