The Birth of Television
In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
Production
BBC Studios
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Cast
Leslie Mitchell
Self - Presenter / Interviewee
Gracie Fields
Self - Interviewee
Dinah Sheridan
Self - Interviewee
Arthur Askey
Self - Interviewee
Cyril Fletcher
Self - Interviewee
Jasmine Bligh
Self - Interviewee
Elizabeth Cowell
Self - Interviewee
Joan Miller
Self - Interviewee
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