The BBC at 100: establishment values in the 1930s
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The 19 thirties is when the b w c television service starts. There were lots of programmes on the schedule, and one stood out above all else in terms of popularity. Picture page was by some way the most popular programme. The pro am can see a similar thing happening to what had happened in savoy hill in the 19 twenties. They're trying to work out the grammar of this new medium.
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