Four programmes about the pioneering days of television outside broadcasts, narrated by John Craven
2: A Grandstand View
Sport was what many people with television sets most wanted to see, but in the 40s and 50s the broadcasters found three main obstacles to providing it: the technical shortcomings of early cameras and other equipment; defining the role of the commentator; and the refusal of many sports promoters to allow the televising of their events.
This programme tells how these problems were solved and how, with the coming of commercial TV in the mid-50s, the BBC's outside broadcast coverage of sport played an important part in the new competition for viewers.
Film editor HEATHER SMALL Director MICHAEL PARKER Producer MARTIN L. BELL
(Part 3; tomorrow at 10.29 pm)