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The Fifties

BBC One
on BBC One London

Robert Robinson takes a look at September 1952.
Tragedy at Farnborough: John Derry's DHllO jet fighter crashed killing 27 people and injuring 63. In the USA the Eisenhower/Nixon campaign for the White House flourished. And at the BBC officials decided to drop the announcers' goodnight smile.
"What this programme is doing for ten minutes, once a week, is clobbering us with our changing world..." (The Guardian)

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Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Director:
Will Wyatt
Producer:
Iain Johnstone
Source: Radio Times

BBC One London

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BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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