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The Birth of Television Trailer (1976)

01 November 1976 Factual 89 mins

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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Cast

Leslie Mitchell

as Self - Presenter / Interviewee

Gracie Fields

as Self - Interviewee

Dinah Sheridan

as Self - Interviewee

Arthur Askey

as Self - Interviewee

Cyril Fletcher

as Self - Interviewee

Jasmine Bligh

as Self - Interviewee

Elizabeth Cowell

as Self - Interviewee

Joan Miller

as Self - Interviewee

Crew

Laurie John

Director

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 30 July 1984

Production Companies

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