1950S:

1950s:
o ’50: Korean War
o ’52 : Funeral of King George V| (Broadcast live on TV – First monarch event to do so)
o ’53: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth || (Important event in the evolution of British TV. Was the first time that TV drew in a bigger audience than radio)
o ’53: ‘The Quarter Mass Experiment’ (First Sci-Fi show, drew a mass audience, was performed live each week)
o ’54: ‘The Grove Family’ (First British soap for adults. About a couple who struggle to build a home for their family after the war. Had ¼ of the population as its audience)
o ’54: First Daily TV news programme: (Richard Baker, still images)
o ’54: Television Act 1954 (?)
o ’55: ITV starts broadcasting (Ends BBC’s monopoly. Has commercials)
o ’55: Montgomery bus boycott (US civil rights movement)
o ’57: Suez crisis (Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns as a result )
o ’57: First appointment at emergency award 10: (1st TV hospital drama)
o ’58: Black and White Minstrel show
o ’58: ITV screens the Arm Chair Theatre (represents the real working class in contrast to the BBC’s more conventional plays)
o ’59: Whickers World (Offering international news for the first time.)