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Imagine
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And Then There Was Television

  • Episode aired Dec 19, 2006
  • TV-14
  • 1h
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Imagine (2003)
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Alan Yentob visits Alexander Palace and looks back at it's first high-definition television broadcast in 1936.Alan Yentob visits Alexander Palace and looks back at it's first high-definition television broadcast in 1936.Alan Yentob visits Alexander Palace and looks back at it's first high-definition television broadcast in 1936.

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    • Alan Yentob
    • John Logie Baird
    • Richard Baker
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    Betty Bolton
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    Ian Carmichael
    Ian Carmichael
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    Paul Fox
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    Richard R. Greenough
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    Harry Hockley
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    Marista Leishman
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    Maureen Lipman
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    Yvonne Littlewood
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    Cecil Madden
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    Helen McKay
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    Bob Mears
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    Leslie Mitchell
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