Aberystwyth University lecturer helps mark 80 years of television
A Senior Lecturer at Aberystwyth University has been part of an online history project to mark 80 years since the BBC broadcast its very first television programme. Dr Jamie Medhurst is one of six academics who’ve written about key moments in the history of BBC television - from the Opening Night to the coronation of King George VI in 1937, the development of Alexander Palace and coverage of the 1948 Olympics. Their articles have been published in a special section on ‘The Birth of TV’ on the main BBC website which went live yesterday to celebrate the anniversary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/birth-of-tv . “It has been a privilege and a pleasure to contribute to this unique project marking the first 80 years of television on the BBC,” said Dr Medhurst who is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at Aberystwyth’s Department of Theatre, Film and Television as well as Co-Director of the University’s Centre for Media History. “As a group of media historians, we have had ...
