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Early Television Museum

British, European & South American TV

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 Hungarian Sets
Alphabetical listing of postwar sets Jon Evans - information on TV manufacturers
Brazilian TV history Modulator Kit for 405 line sets available
Czechoslovakian TV receivers Russian postwar sets
Ekco 1945 advertisement Standards Converter for 405 line British TV
Eurovision Television pioneers
French TV in 1947 Theatre television systems
Home projection systems Venezuela's first TV station

British Sets in our collection

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Ambassador TV-2

 

Baird Townsman

 

Baird T163

 

 

Baird 165 

 

Bush TV-12/22

 

 

Decca 1000

 

Dynatron Ether Sovereign

 

GEC BT1091

 

HMV 1805

 

HMV 2807

 

Murphy V114  

 

 

Murphy V136

 

Philips 799

 

Philips 6027/6028

 

 

 

Pye LV21C

European Sets in our collection

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Philips TX400 (Holland)

 

Grammont 504-A-31(France)

 

 

Kuba Komet (Germany)

 

 

Philips 14TX100 (Holland)

 

 

Saba P 1026 H (Germany)

 

Compagnie Des Compteurs TV-49 (France)