British television Apollo 11 coverage

British television Apollo 11 coverage
James Burke, one of the main presenters of the BBC's coverage of the Apollo 11 mission, reviews its launch earlier in the day on 16 July 1969
Presented byJames Burke
Patrick Moore
Cliff Michelmore
David Frost
Alastair Burnet
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Running time8 days
Original release
NetworkBBC1, BBC2, ITV
Release16 July (1969-07-16) –
24 July 1969 (1969-07-24)
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British television coverage of the Apollo 11 mission, humanity's first to land on the Moon, lasted from 16 to 24 July 1969. All three UK television channels, BBC1, BBC2 and ITV, provided extensive coverage. Most of the footage covering the event from a British perspective has now been wiped or lost.[1][2]

  1. ^ "BBC Apollo 11 Moon Landing Coverage". British TV History. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
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