Alexandra Palace Television Society

 

	MECHANICAL TELEVISION
	Restoring Baird's Images Site concerned with John Logie Baird and mechanical television. Includes the earliest television images reclaimed from Phonovision records, the earliest form of recording mechanical television images.
	Narrow Bandwidth Television Association (BNTVA) A world club devoted to mechanical and low-definition television
	Mechanical Television Visit the web-site of Stephen Ostler an NBTVA member and his developments with mechanical scanning

	GRAPHICS, VIDEO, AUDIO & JINGLES
	TV50 - British Television Stations, Graphics, Logos & Jingles Collection of British Television Logos & Idents 1955 - 2000
	ATW - Another Television Website As the title says Another Television Website - check it out for all things tele-historical!
	Meldrum Media Site Dedicated to television - particularly the bits before, inbetween and after the actual programmes. Also go on-line and chat about television in mhp-chat.
	Vintage Television Themes Archive Looking for a television theme tune - look no further than this remarkable site.
	Television Ark Site dedicated to the wonderful world of television jingles and themes.
	BBC Test Card Club Launched on 2nd November 2000, the BBC Test Card Club web-site is devoted to the introduction and development of BBC Television Test Cards and their transmission. A fledgling site but with the promise of much, much more to come.

	ORGANISATIONS
	Kaleidoscope The Classic Television Organisation.
	405 Alive Recalling the Golden Years of Black & White Television.
	National Museum of Photography, Film & Television The museum is now open following a major multi-million pound refit. In addition to which their web site is undergoing a major re-write. This site concentrates on all aspects of the visual media.
	British Film Institute This site contains details of the British Film Institute and the Museum of the Moving Image in London.
	Alexandra Palace Web site containing up-to-date information concerning Alexandra Palace with a section on the Palace's history.
	Alexandra Palace Television Trust This fledging site will eventually set out the case for the restoration of the former BBC studios into a television exhibition centre, and will chart the history and development of television in this country.
	PPS - Programme Preservation Society This society was formed in 1998 by a group of four devotees who all saw the need for a club which strove to unite people interested in the media, and to do what it could to protect television and radio heritage. Visit the PPS site for more information.
	The Test Card Circle The expanding site currently provides information about The Test Card Circle and includes links to a selection of articles that have featured in recent editions of The Test Card Circle Magazine. In some cases the items contained here have been updated from those originally published.
	A Palace for the People: The Story of Alexandra Park & Palace This documentary traces the story of the Alexandra Palace and Park from the original inspiration to the drama of the second fire in 1980.

	MEDIA SITES
	Media UK Internet directory of radio, magazines, newspapers, and television.
	The Media and Communication Studies Site An easily navigable area for the student and teacher of film or media.

	ITV SITES
	Independent Television Commission The ITC are the body that licenses and regulates commercially funded television services in the United Kingdom.
	ITV Home Page The main corporate Independent Television web site. Use this as a base to link to all the ITV company sites.

	BBC SITES
	BBC Experience Take an on-line tour of the BBC Experience based at Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London.
	BEEB.com The web site of BBC Worldwide Ltd
	BBC ONLINE News, reviews, programme details, and links to all BBC Television and Radio web sites.

	CHILDRENS TELEVISON SITES
	Clangers Join those little knitted creatures on the moon. Do you remember the soup dragon?
	Trumptonshire Trumpton, Chigley & Camblewick Green are your next stop along the memory trail!
	Welcome to Kids TV Kids TV is dedicated to reminding you how old you are by listing some classic kids television from years gone by. All the programmes listed have been on television in the UK at some point during the last 20 - 25 years.
	The Official Pipkins Website Yes Hartley, Pig, Topov, Tortoise and Mooney are still alive and well and living in cyber-space. Why not pay them a visit!

	GENERAL NOSTALGIA SITES
	The TV Forum Debate any television related issue on this site.
	625 Television Room Andrew Wiseman's Television Room.
	Thames Television The Unofficial Thames Television Site.
	Whirligig No not the television show featuring Mr Turnip, but a great site dedicated to 1950s television.
	HTW - Historical Television Website Devoted to the past, present, and future of television in the United Kingdom, this site places emphasis on the programme makers as opposed to the programmes themselves (though some programmes do get mentioned). Special sections are provided for each of the main UK television broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5), plus features on other topics such as colour television and 40 years of ITV in the South are also included.
	Richard Bell's TV Zone This site is dedicated to television, mainly from the UK.
	Classic Television A site devoted to classic televisual items.
	Sterling Times Television Nostalgia site.
	TV Cream Television nostalgia site.
	TV World Television nostalgia site.
	UK Teletext A look at Teletext - the information service viewed via televisions - it's history, development and present day.
	Old Television Website Site dedicated to old television sets - what else!
	Direct Television from Alexandra Palace Personal web site from Arthur Dungate containing information, much of which is unavailable elsewhere, and personal reminiscences of working life during the formative years of the BBC Television Service. Period covered is from 1952 to 1963.
	SausageNet TV - Cult & Classic Television SausageNet TV brings you cult and classic television, childrens programmes, cartoons, memories and nostaglia.
	Alan Dower Blumlein Blumlein led an extraordinary life in which his inventive output rate easily surpassed that of Edison, but whose early death during the darkets days of World War Two led to a shroud of secrecy which has covered his life and achievements ever since. His 1931 patent for a Binaural Recording System was so revolutionary that most of his contemporaries regarded it as more than 20 years ahead of its time. In the mid 1930s Blumlein was instrumental in designing the 405-line electronic television system adopted by the BBC in 1937. During the Second World War Blumlein was deeply engaged in the very secret work of radar development and tragically died during an experimental testing flight for air-bourne radar in June 1942. Visit this site to see all Blumlein's 128 patents in full, with associated diagrams, all binaural audio recordings, together with all binaural films.
	JAVA-TV Nothing to do with the programming language but lots to do with television, past, present, and what might have been! Check out this site that was named after a tune from an album of Test Card music.
	TV HOME The latest RealMedia presentation from the United Kingdom relating to British Television.
	Early photography, sound and 405-line television Take a glance at the world of vintage audio and visual media which covers the century from 1856 to 1956. A period which has seen the greatest technological innovations in this field. Here are a small selection of the landmarks in the of audio and visual media during this time.
	Vintage Broadcasting This fledging site take a look at the changing face of broadcasing, both public service and independent. Keep re-visiting the site for more changes as they come on-line.

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