Picture Page

For the 1956-57 TV series, see Picture Page (Australian TV series). For the American children's TV program, see Picture Pages.

Picture Page
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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Picture Page is a British television non-fiction programme, broadcast by the BBC Television Service from thier studios at Alexandra Palace from1936 to 1939, and again after the service's hiatus during the Second World War from 1946 until 1952. It was the first British television series to become a long-term and regular popular success.[1] The series proved to be very popular with viewers. A BBC survey in 1939 showed the series to be second in popularity behind plays.[2]

  1. ^ Evans, Jeff (2001). The Penguin TV Companion (1st ed.). London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051467-8
  2. ^ Corbishley, H (June 1939). "What Viewers Want - First Results of Television Questionnaire" (PDF). Television and Short-Wave Radio. 12 (136): 340 – via World Radio History.