History of the Bbc

Coronation Day 1953

History of the BBC: The Coronation (1953)

Coronation Day 1953

It was on 2 June 1953 for the Coronation of Elizabeth 11 that television really came into its own. This was the day that Britain began its eternal love affair with 'the box.'

BBC After the WAr

History of the BBC: Back After the War

BBC After the WAr

On an October day in 1945 the Government announced that it wanted the BBC to start television again, on the pre-war technical system. Within a few days those television engineers who had been demobilised were back inside Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace

History of the BBC: Ally Pally's Secret War?

Alexandra Palace

On 1st September 1939 when the BBC ceased television broadcasting it was explained that it was feared that the German air force would use the transmission signals from the aerial of Alexandra Palace as a navigational aid. In fact, the aerial was to be used for transmitting signals of an entirely different kind.