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75 years of BBC TV
On 2 November 1936 the first regular TV service in the world was launched by the BBC.
Initially it only had a few hundred viewers and was only broadcast for two hours a day.
Viewers watched variety acts beamed live from the studios.
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On 2 November 1936 the first regular TV service in the world was launched by the BBC.
Initially it only had a few hundred viewers and was only broadcast for two hours a day.
Viewers watched variety acts beamed live from the studios.
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