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80 years ago today – at 3pm, to be precise – the first British television programme was broadcast. Of course, it wasn't TV as we know it. No Strictly, no X Factor... Back then there was just one channel, known as the BBC Television Service, and at the...
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"Do you know Paris?” The question is shamefully inconsequential, a piece of conversational putty while I am trying to process Dame Maggie Smith’s wicked, but entirely truthful, admission that she cannot remember much about her latest film, except that...
Read moreThe country is divided into two nations, those who read weekly or daily, and those who prefer TV and DVDs, it says. It finds key links between an individual's social background and how likely they are to read. The research, from charity Booktrust, is...
Read moreFirst minutes of the new television service in the UK. Novermber 2nd, 1982.
Read moreAn interesting article about the history of television and its impact on our lives link source: The Observer, September 2013
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Read the interview with The Star (September 2012) What she says about playing in a TV series: “You know, I think Downton is the reason that everybody thinks I’m suddenly so popular, because I’ve never really done a television series before. “ People think...
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