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The year 1937 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1937.
Events[]
- February 6 – The BBC Television Service drops the Baird system in favour of the Marconi-EMI 405 lines system.
- May – Gilbert Seldes becomes the first television critic, with his Atlantic Monthly article, the "Errors of Television".
- March 9 Experimental broadcasting from Shabolovka Ulitsa television center, in Moscow (USSR).
- May 12 – The BBC use their outside broadcast unit for the first time, to televise the coronation of King George VI. A fragment of this broadcast is one of the earliest surviving examples of British television – filmed off-screen at home by an engineer with an 8 mm cine camera. A short section of this footage was used in a programme during the week of the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II, and this latter programme survives in the BBC's archives.
- May 14 – The BBC broadcasts a thirty-minute excerpt of Twelfth Night, the first known instance of a Shakespeare play on television. Among the cast are Peggy Ashcroft and Greer Garson.
- May 15 – RCA demonstrates projection television, with images enlarged to 8 by 10 feet, at the Institute of Radio Engineers convention.
- June 21 – Wimbledon Championships (tennis) first televised by the BBC.
- July 10 – High definition television with 455 lines is first shown in France at the International Exposition, Paris.
- September – High definition television broadcasts are sent from a new 30 kW (peak power) transmitter below the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
- November 9 – Bell Telephone Laboratories transmits television signal of 800 kHz bandwidth on a coaxial cable laid between New York and Philadelphia.
- November 11 – The BBC broadcasts an adaptation of the World War I-set play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff, starring Reginald Tate as Stanhope. Shown in commemoration of Armistice Day, it is the first time that a whole evening's programming has been given over to a single play.
- December 31 – 2,121 television sets have been sold in England.
- CBS announces their efforts to develop television broadcasts.
Debuts[]
- April 17 – The Disorderly Room (UK) premieres on the BBC Television Service (1937 & 1939).
- April 24 – For The Children (UK), the BBC's first programme for young children, debuts (1937–1939; 1946–1950).
- April 30 – Sports Review (UK), the first regular sports programme, debuts on the BBC (1937–1939).
Television shows[]
| Series | Debut | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Picture Page (UK) | October 8, 1936 | 1939 |
| 1946 | 1952 | |
| Starlight (UK) | November 3, 1936 | 1939 |
| 1946 | 1949 | |
| Theatre Parade (UK) | 1936 | 1938 |
| The Disorderly Room (UK) | April 17, 1937 | August 20, 1939 |
| For The Children (UK) | April 24, 1937 | 1939 |
| July 7, 1946 | 1950 | |
| Sports Review (UK) | April 30, 1937 | 1939 |
Births[]
- February 1 – Garrett Morris, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live
- April 22 – Jack Nicholson, actor
- June 1 – Morgan Freeman, actor
- June 2 – Sally Kellerman, actress
- July 12 – Bill Cosby, actor, comedian
- August 8 – Dustin Hoffman, actor
- November 21 – Ingrid Pitt, actress
- December 21 – Jane Fonda, actress
- December 29 – Barbara Steele, actress
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