Postwar British and European Television

Mechanical TV
- Gallery
- Database Summary
- Sets at the Museum
- Restoration
- Broadcasting
- Advertising
- Roger DuPouy's Site
- Peter Yanczer's Site
- Gerolf Poetschke's Site
- Eckhard Etzold's Site
Early Electronic TV
- Gallery
- Database Summary
- American Sets at the Museum
- British Sets at the Museum
- Restoration
- Broadcasting
- Technical Information
- Other Equipment
  - Antennas
  - CRTs
  - Test Equipment
  - VHF Boosters
- Advertising
- Gerolf Poetschke's Site
- Eckhard Etzold's Site
Postwar TV
- American Postwar TV
- British/European Postwar TV
- Postwar TV in the Rest of the World
- Restoration
- Postwar Broadcasting
- Technical Information
- Other Equipment
  - Accessories
  - Antennas
  - CRTs
  - Test Equipment
- Advertising
- Eckhard Etzold's Site
Early Color TV
- Gallery
- Database Summary
- Color TV Systems
- Sets at the Museum
- Restoration
- Broadcasting
- Technical Information
- CRTs
- Advertising
- Pete Deksnis's Site
- Ed Reitan's Color Television History
- Eckhard Etzold's Site
CRT Rebuilding
- Rebuilding Tubes at the Museum
- Donations
The Foundation and Museum
- Early Television Foundation
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- Directions to the Museum
- Friends of the Museum
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Early Television Museum

Postwar British and European Television

When British television resumed in 1946, it re-started right at the same point in a cartoon where it was shut off in 1939. Then the announcer Jasmine Bligh came on and said, "Sorry for the interruption of our programme service. Our next presentation is..." As if nothing had happened!

By 1947, only 15,000 British homes had television sets, and there was only one TV station, in London. Growth was much slower than in the U.S., with only 344,000 television homes by 1950. By 1949, only one additional station was on the air, in Birmingham.

More on Postwar British and European Television
Airborne link between Europe and Africa	Jon Evans - information on TV manufacturers
Alphabetical listing of postwar sets	Modulator Kit for 405 line sets available
Baird large screen 1947 set	Polish Prototype 441 line set
Czechoslovakian TV receivers	Joël Poulain's collection
Eight Tube (Valve) French Receiver	Preparing for Television in the West - 1950 BBC film
Eckhard Etzold's Website	Standards Converter for 405 line British TV
Ekco 1945 advertisement	Technical information on British postwar sets
Eurovision	Television pioneers
French TV in 1947	Theatre television systems
Home projection systems
Hungarian Sets	Venezuela's first television station