The Birth of Television (1976) | Full Cast

Laurie John

DIRECTOR

Bruce Norman

WRITER

Gracie Fields

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Dinah Sheridan

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Arthur Askey

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Cyril Fletcher

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Jasmine Bligh

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Elizabeth Cowell

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Joan Miller

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Leslie Mitchell

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John Rye

John Logie Baird

Paul Williamson

Campbell Swinton

John Rowe

BBC Announcer

Peter Symonds

Young Douglas Birkinshaw

Reginald Barratt

Sir Noel Ashbridge

Celestine Randall

Young Elizabeth Cowell

Leslie Glazer

Isaac Schoenberg

Freddie Williams

The Three Admirals

Raymond Cooke

The Three Admirals

John Parry

The Three Admirals

Julia Lewis

Chilton

Jon Brient

Thomas

Noel Noble

Peter Dawson

Roy Macready

'Hitler' Technician

Kate Gielgud

Young Joan Miller

Martin Matthews

H.R.H. Prince of Wales Secretary

Graham Suter

Selsdon Committee

Margaret Albu

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Douglas Birkenshaw

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John Bliss

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Tony Bridgewater

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Ben Clapp

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Margot Fonteyn

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William Fox

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Bernard Greenhead

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Cecil Madden

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J.D. McGee

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Nina Mae McKinney

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J.D. Percy

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John Piper

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George Robey

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