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The Birth of Television(1976)
Status: Released
Date: 1976-11-01
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In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
Languages: English.
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Gracie Fields
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Dinah Sheridan
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Arthur Askey
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Cyril Fletcher
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Joan Miller
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In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
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1976-11-01
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