Gerald Cock, Director of Television
Fifteen months ago, on November 2, 1936, the BBC Television Service at Alexandra Palace was officially opened by the Postmaster-General, Major Tryon. Except for a three weeks' break last year for an overhaul and structural alterations, programmes have been televised regularly six days in the week. Very soon the service will be further extended when Sunday transmissions begin in April.
Working under extremely difficult conditions, those responsible for programmes at Alexandra Palace have convinced thousands of the excellence and permanence of television entertainment. Every kind of broadcast has been successfully undertaken-Variety, opera, orchestral programmes, plays, talks features, ballets, and outside broadcasts. Some of the outstanding programmes will probably be discussed this evening by Gerald Cock, who has been in charge from the start.