Donald Baverstock

BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. It is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and first broadcast as the 'BBC Television Service' on November 2, 1936, although the BBC had been broadcasting experimental and test transmissions in a variety of formats since 1929. The station held a complete monopoly on television broadcasting in the UK until ITV was launched in 1955. BBC One - History. Baird Television Ltd. made Brit ...

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• BBC One - History
• BBC One - Programming
• BBC One - On-screen identity
• BBC One - Channel Controllers

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There was some initial resentment to his appointment within the Corporation, as he was an outsider and he was also earning more than many of the executives senior to him were, although still substantially less than he had been paid at ABC.[8] As he had done at ABC, he was keen to shake up the staid image of BBC drama and introduce new outlets for the kitchen sink drama and the "Angry Young Men" of the era. He also divided the unwieldy drama department int ...

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Sydney Newman, Sydney Newman - Early career in Canada, Sydney Newman - Associated British Corporation, Sydney Newman - The BBC, Sydney Newman - Return to Canada

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Baird Television Ltd. made Britain's first television broadcast on September 30, 1929 from its studio in Long Acre, London via the BBC's London transmitter, using the electromechanical system pioneered by John Logie Baird. This system used a vertically-scanned image of 30 lines — just enough resolution for a close-up of one person, and with a bandwidth low enough to use existing radio transmitters. Simultaneous transmission of sound and picture was achieved on March 30, 1930, by using the BBC's new twin transmitter at Brookmans Park. By la ...

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BBC One, BBC One - History, BBC One - Programming, BBC One - On-screen identity, BBC One - Channel Controllers

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History of Doctor Who - Adventures in time and space. After actors Hugh David (later a director on the series) and Geoffrey Bayldon had both turned down approaches to star in the series, Verity Lambert and the first serial's director Waris Hussein managed to persuade 55-year-old character actor William Hartnell to take the part of the Doctor. Hartnell was known mostly for playing army sergeants and other tough characters in a variety of films, but Lambert had been impressed with his sensitive performance as a Rugby League talent scout in the then-recent film version of This Sporting ...

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History of Doctor Who, History of Doctor Who - Origins, History of Doctor Who - The 1960s, History of Doctor Who - Adventures in time and space, History of Doctor Who - The cosmic hobo, History of Doctor Who - The 1970s, History of Doctor Who - The UNIT years, History of Doctor Who - The bohemian wanderer, History of Doctor Who - The 1980s, History of Doctor Who - The JNT John Nathan-Turner era, History of Doctor Who - A younger Doctor, History of Doctor Who - Trials of a Time Lord, History of Doctor Who - The dark side, History of Doctor Who - The 1990s, History of Doctor Who - The television movie, History of Doctor Who - Back to the BBC, History of Doctor Who - The 2000s, History of Doctor Who - The fortieth anniversary, History of Doctor Who - The new series, History of Doctor Who - Departure and renewal

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History of Doctor Who - The JNT John Nathan-Turner era. As Nathan-Turner was a new producer and a restructure of the Drama Department meant that MacDonald would not be able to offer the direct support that had been available to previous producers, the latter appointed Barry Letts (now working as a senior producer in the BBC drama department) to return to the series as Executive Producer and oversee Nathan-Turner's initial season working on the series. Letts had, in fact, been offering unofficial advice and c ...

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History of Doctor Who, History of Doctor Who - Origins, History of Doctor Who - The 1960s, History of Doctor Who - Adventures in time and space, History of Doctor Who - The cosmic hobo, History of Doctor Who - The 1970s, History of Doctor Who - The UNIT years, History of Doctor Who - The bohemian wanderer, History of Doctor Who - The 1980s, History of Doctor Who - The JNT John Nathan-Turner era, History of Doctor Who - A younger Doctor, History of Doctor Who - Trials of a Time Lord, History of Doctor Who - The dark side, History of Doctor Who - The 1990s, History of Doctor Who - The television movie, History of Doctor Who - Back to the BBC, History of Doctor Who - The 2000s, History of Doctor Who - The fortieth anniversary, History of Doctor Who - The new series, History of Doctor Who - Departure and renewal

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History of Doctor Who - The television movie. Although in-house production had ceased, the BBC were hopeful of finding an independent production company to re-launch the show and had been approached for such a venture by Philip Segal, a British expatriate who worked for Columbia Pictures' television arm in the United States. Segal's negotiations dragged on for several years, and followed him from Columbia to Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment company and finally to Universal Studios' television arm. A ...

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History of Doctor Who, History of Doctor Who - Origins, History of Doctor Who - The 1960s, History of Doctor Who - Adventures in time and space, History of Doctor Who - The cosmic hobo, History of Doctor Who - The 1970s, History of Doctor Who - The UNIT years, History of Doctor Who - The bohemian wanderer, History of Doctor Who - The 1980s, History of Doctor Who - The JNT John Nathan-Turner era, History of Doctor Who - A younger Doctor, History of Doctor Who - Trials of a Time Lord, History of Doctor Who - The dark side, History of Doctor Who - The 1990s, History of Doctor Who - The television movie, History of Doctor Who - Back to the BBC, History of Doctor Who - The 2000s, History of Doctor Who - The fortieth anniversary, History of Doctor Who - The new series, History of Doctor Who - Departure and renewal

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History of Doctor Who - The UNIT years. Sherwin's first choice to replace Troughton was actor Ron Moody, star of the musical Oliver!, but when he turned the part down, comic actor Jon Pertwee, another candidate from Sherwin's shortlist, was cast instead. Sherwin had hoped that Pertwee would bring much of his comic acting skill to the part, but he was keen to establish himself as a serious dramatic actor as well as a comedian. Although some lighter touches were visible throughout Pertwee's era, he essential ...

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History of Doctor Who, History of Doctor Who - Origins, History of Doctor Who - The 1960s, History of Doctor Who - Adventures in time and space, History of Doctor Who - The cosmic hobo, History of Doctor Who - The 1970s, History of Doctor Who - The UNIT years, History of Doctor Who - The bohemian wanderer, History of Doctor Who - The 1980s, History of Doctor Who - The JNT John Nathan-Turner era, History of Doctor Who - A younger Doctor, History of Doctor Who - Trials of a Time Lord, History of Doctor Who - The dark side, History of Doctor Who - The 1990s, History of Doctor Who - The television movie, History of Doctor Who - Back to the BBC, History of Doctor Who - The 2000s, History of Doctor Who - The fortieth anniversary, History of Doctor Who - The new series, History of Doctor Who - Departure and renewal

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Soon after Newman arrived in the UK, ABC's Head of Drama Dennis Vance was moved into a more senior position with the company, and Thomas offered Newman his position, which the Canadian quickly accepted. He was, however, somewhat disparaging of the state in which he found British television drama. "At that time, I found this country to be somewhat class-ridden," he told interviewers in 1988. "The only legitimate theatre was of the 'anyone for tennis' variety, which on the whole gave a condascending view of working-class people. Television dra ...

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Sydney Newman, Sydney Newman - Early career in Canada, Sydney Newman - Associated British Corporation, Sydney Newman - The BBC, Sydney Newman - Return to Canada

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BBC One is more mainstream than its sister station BBC Two and generally gets higher ratings, competing with ITV1 as the most-viewed terrestrial channel in the UK. The BBC's sport and news programmes have their homes here, as does CBBC (the output aimed at younger viewers), mainstream drama and comedy programming, film premieres and documentaries. Regional news programmes generally follow the main news, in particular the Six O'Clock News is followed at 6:30 by half-hour regional news shows. Shows found to have been popular on other BB ...

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BBC One, BBC One - History, BBC One - Programming, BBC One - On-screen identity, BBC One - Channel Controllers

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BBC One's identity has been symbolised by a globe for most of its existence. In the early 1960s a map of the UK was shown between programmes, but in 1963 the globe first appeared, changing in style and appearance over the next 39 years. From 15 November 1969 it became a 'mirror-globe' in several colours and sizes (a globe in front of a curved mirror which reflected a distorted view of the reverse). On 18 February 1985 the COW (Computer Originated World) debuted. This was a computer-animated globe with the land coloured ...

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BBC One, BBC One - History, BBC One - Programming, BBC One - On-screen identity, BBC One - Channel Controllers

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Born in Toronto, Newman was the son of a Russian immigrant father who ran a shoe shop. After leaving school at the age of thirteen, he initially attempted to follow a career as an artist, specialising in drawing film posters.[1] However, he found it difficult to earn enough money to make a living from this profession, so instead he switched to working in the film industry itself, where he gained a job as a film editor at the National Film Board of Canada. ...

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Sydney Newman, Sydney Newman - Early career in Canada, Sydney Newman - Associated British Corporation, Sydney Newman - The BBC, Sydney Newman - Return to Canada

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In March 1962, Eric Maschwitz, the Head of Light Entertainment at BBC Television, asked Donald Wilson, the Head of the Script Department, to have his department's Survey Group prepare a study on the feasibility of producing a new science-fiction series on the BBC. The report was prepared by staff members Alice Frick and Donald Bull, and delivered the following month, much to the commendation of Wilson, Maschwitz and the BBC's Assistant Controller of Programmes Donald Baverstock. A follow-up report into specific ideas for the format of such a ...

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History of Doctor Who, History of Doctor Who - Origins, History of Doctor Who - The 1960s, History of Doctor Who - Adventures in time and space, History of Doctor Who - The cosmic hobo, History of Doctor Who - The 1970s, History of Doctor Who - The UNIT years, History of Doctor Who - The bohemian wanderer, History of Doctor Who - The 1980s, History of Doctor Who - The JNT John Nathan-Turner era, History of Doctor Who - A younger Doctor, History of Doctor Who - Trials of a Time Lord, History of Doctor Who - The dark side, History of Doctor Who - The 1990s, History of Doctor Who - The television movie, History of Doctor Who - Back to the BBC, History of Doctor Who - The 2000s, History of Doctor Who - The fortieth anniversary, History of Doctor Who - The new series, History of Doctor Who - Departure and renewal

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