Years in Television - 1930s

1930s

• 1930 in television: Baird installs a television at 10 Downing Street, London, the British Prime Minister's residence. On July 14, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his family use it to watch the first ever television drama, The Man With the Flower in His Mouth.
• 1931 in television: Allen B. DuMont perfects long-lasting reliable cathode-ray tubes later used for television reception. TV reaches the Soviet Union and France.
• 1932 in television: The BBC starts a regular public television broadcasting service in the UK.
• 1933 in television: The first television revue, Looking In, is broadcast on the BBC.
• 1934 in television: Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a non-mechanical television system. The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company comes to an end. First 30 Line Mechanical Television Test Transmissions commence in April in Brisbane Australia conducted by Thomas Elliott and Dr Val McDowall.
• 1935 in television: First TV broadcasts in Germany. The final transmissions of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system are broadcast by the BBC. First TV broadcasts in France on February 13 on Paris PTT Vision.
• 1936 in television: 1936 Summer Olympics broadcast
• 1937 in television: The BBC Television Service broadcasts the world's first televised Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night, and the first football match, Arsenal F.C. vs. Arsenal reserves.
• 1938 in television: DuMont manufactures and sells the first all-electronic television sets to the public. Baird gives the first public demonstration of color projection television. The BBC broadcasts the world's first ever television science fiction (R.U.R.), and television crime series (Telecrime).
• 1939 in television: The BBC suspends its television service owing to the outbreak of the Second World War. Broadcasts from 1939 New York World's Fair. Japan is the first Asian country to air television.