HISTORY OF TV

• THE INVENTION OF TELEVISION: THE PIONEERS
  
• THE INVENTION OF TELEVISION: TIMELINE
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: THE FIRST TELEVISION ERA
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: TELEVISION OPENS
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: HERE'S TELEVISION
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: THE OFFICIAL START
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: A ROYAL OCCASION
  
• BBC TELEVISION IS NOW CLOSING DOWN
  
• THE DAY THE BBC CLOSED DOWN
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: WAR AT THE PALACE
  
• I REMEMBER TV AT FIRST SIGHT
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: BACK FROM THE BIG PARADE
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: DESIGNED FOR WOMEN
  
• THE HISTORY OF THE BBC: NORMAN COLLINS
  
• THE ITV STORY PARTS 1 - 3: THE BIRTH OF ITV
  
• THE ITV STORY PART 4: BOOSTING THE ECONOMY
  
• THE ITV STORY PART 5: AD-MAGS
  
• THE ITV STORY PART 6: PILKINGTON
  
• A SHORT HISTORY OF THE TELEVISION PLAY
  
• THE ITV STORY PART 7: THE ARMCHAIR THEATRE EFFECT
  
• THE ITV STORY PART 8: THE NEW FRANCHISES
  
• BRITISH TV RATINGS OF THE 1950s
  
• BRITISH TV RATINGS OF THE 1960s
  
• THE LOST TREASURES OF BRITISH TELEVISION
  
• JOHN CURA'S TELE-SNAPS
  
• US TELEVISION'S GOLDEN AGE
  
• WARNER BROTHERS PRESENTS
  
• DUMONT: AMERICA'S FIRST FOURTH NETWORK
  
• FOX ON THE RUN
  
• PLAYING THE NETWORK GAME
  
• PBS: AMERICA’S ALTERNATIVE BROADCASTER
  
• DISNEYLAND: HOW WALT DISNEY MARRIED THE ENEMY
  
• PITCHING THE FALL LINEUPS
  
• AMERICA’S NIGHTLY NEWSCASTS
  
• WHEN STARS DID THE SPOTS
  
• THE HEIDI INCIDENT
  
• DRAWN FOR TELEVISION
  
• COLOUR TELEVISION: FIFTY YEARS OF TINT IN THE USA
  
• WIRELESS BEHAVIOUR: THE IMPACT OF THE REMOTE CONTROL
  
• MUST SEE TV
  
• THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS CANADIAN TV

BIOGRAPHY

• GERRY ANDERSON
  
• JAMES AUBREY
  
• JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
  
• GEORGE BAKER
  
• STANLEY BAXTER
  
• HONOR BLACKMAN
  
• SIDNEY BERNSTEIN
  
• BERNARD BRESSLAW
  
• RICHARD BRIERS
  
• HARRY H. CORBETT
  
• JOHN ESMONDE AND BOB LARBEY
  
• DAWN FRENCH
  
• GALTON AND SIMPSON
  
• WILLIAM HARTNELL
  
• NAT HIKEN
  
• PENELOPE KEITH
  
• PEGGY MOUNT
  
• PRUNELLA SCALES
  
• FRANK STANTON

ARTICLES

• US TV: REVIVED TELEVISION
  
• US TV: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE TELEVISION THEME SONG?
  
• US TV: SATURDAY NIGHT DEAD

INTERVIEWS

• MIKE BERRY
  
• RAYMOND P. CUSICK
  
• IAN FREEMAN
  
• MOLLIE SUGDEN
  
• MATT ZIMMERMAN

KICK THE TELLY

• THE BORGIAS
  
• MAKIN' IT
  
• ANIMAL HOUSE - KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE
  
• THE UGLIEST GIRL IN TOWN
  
• THE (NOT SO) AMAZING SPIDERMAN
  
• LIFE WITH LUCY
  
• THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW
  
• TURN ON AND THE ARCHIE BUNKER FACTOR

TV CHRONICLES



• WHO AND ME BOOK REVIEW
  
• SEEING THINGS BOOK REVIEW
  
• MY 1966 BOOK OF TV STARS
  
• DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET

CLASSIC COMICS

• THE AVENGERS
  
• STEPTOE AND SON
  
• WORZEL GUMMIDGE
  
• THE TELEGOONS
  
• PROFESSOR JIMMY EDWARDS
  
• BOOTSIE AND SNUDGE

TV COMEDY



• THE HOUSE OF FUN
  
• DICK EMERY'S COMIC CREATIONS

CULT TV



• THE ORIGIN OF DOCTOR WHO
  
• DOCTOR WHO: THE TRANSMEDIA EXPERIENCE
  
• MILLENNIUM: BACK TO FRANK BLACK
  
• THE GREEN HORNET
  
• THE TIME TUNNEL
  
• CAPTAIN NICE / MR. TERRIFIC

TV DRAMA


• MEDICAL DRAMAS IN THE US
  
• LEGAL DRAMAS
  
• TV COURTROOM: FROM TRAFFIC COURT TO JUDGE JUDY

AVAILABLE ON DVD

• LATEST TV RELATED DVD RELEASES
  
• DVD HEAVEN
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The latest updates on January 22nd 2010:
Kick The Telly looks at four US series' that failed to make it: Makin' It simply didn't and three series that tried to repeat the success of National Lampoon's Animal House didn't even complete their first year in college. See Animal House - Kicked Out of College

TV History:
An important update to the Television Timeline takes into account new information on the invention of the Iconoscope and
I Remember TV At First Sight looks at one man's first hand account of television's early years.