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Reference
MCC/MED/2/12
Date:
1956-11-05 - 1961-10-11
Level of description
file
Extent
1 folder
Part of
Department correspondence (MCC/MED/2)
Scope and Content
Memorandums of agreement, correspondence, memoranda and handwritten notes relating to MCC's relationship with BBC Television, compiled by J G Dunbar, MCC Assistant Secretary and R Aird, MCC Secretary. Includes copies of the memorandum of agreement made between BBC and MCC for BBC to broadcast Test matches at Lord's between 1956-1958 and 1959-1961, agreement by counties for the MCC vs. West Indies match at Lord's in 1957 to be televised, agreement for D J Insole and T E Bailey to be interviewed by BBC upon their return from the MCC tour of South Africa in 1956-1957, arrangements for Easter Coaching Classes at Lord's to be broadcast in April 1957, comments by counties on the fees offered by BBC for broadcasting Test matches, copy of script for the programme "School for Cricketers" broadcast by the BBC at Lord's on 16 April 1957 and hosted by Brian Johnston, draft running order for the "School for Cricketers" programme, letter from Johnston thanking MCC for helping BBC with the programme, arrangements for the broadcast by the BBC of the MCC vs. West Indies match at Lord's in 1957, arrangements for the BBC broadcast of the England vs. West Indies Test match at Lord's in 1957, statistics of county gate receipts when matches were televised by BBC, arrangements for BBC to broadcast the MCC vs. New Zealand match in 1958 and England vs. New Zealand Test match in 1958, report of a meeting between the Secretaries of MCC, Surrey County Cricket Club and Peter Dimmock and Jack Oaten of BBC to discuss the televising of cricket beyond 1958, negotiations with the BBC for broadcasting Test matches between 1959-1961 and 1962-1964, arrangements for MCC to broadcast the MCC vs. India match at Lord's in 1959, statistics for the number of hours of play for England vs. Australia Test matches in England compiled for the BBC "Facts and Figures" series, arrangements for the BBC broadcast of the England vs. India Test match at Lord's in 1959, agreement for BBC to broadcast the Middlesex vs. Surrey match at Lord's in 1959, arrangements for the BBC broadcast of the MCC vs. South Africans match at Lord's in 1960, the England vs. South Africa Test match at Lord's in 1960, the MCC vs. Australians match at Lord's in 1961 and England vs. Australia Test match at Lord's in 1961, agreement for MCC to accept a fee from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to show the BBC broadcasts of Test matches between England and Australia in 1961, table of royalties owed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for broadcasting the 1961 Test matches in Australia.
Associations
Ronald Aird
James Garrett Dunbar
British Broadcasting Corporation
independent television
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Brian Alexander Johnston
Surrey County Cricket Club
Peter Harold Dimmock
Douglas John Insole
Trevor Edward Bailey
Subject
broadcasting, Television, Easter Coaching Classes, Australia in England 1961, South Africa in England 1960, India in England 1959, New Zealand in England 1958, West Indies in England 1957, MCC in South Africa 1956-1957
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 folder
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