Independent Television Authority

Reference

MCC/MED/2/26

Date:

1954-10-13 - 1956-09-06

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Department correspondence (MCC/MED/2)

Scope and Content

Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings and reports relating to the Independent Television Authority, compiled by R Aird, MCC Secretary. Includes minutes of meetings of the Sports Advisory Committee hosted by the Independent Televison Authority, report on a meeting held at Lord's to discuss commercial television and cricket, arrangements for a Thomas Lord bicentenary programme to be broadcast from Lord's in November 1955, list of points for discussion in an MCC meeting with representatives of BBC and the Independent Television Authority, script for the Thomas Lord bicentenary programme, draft and signed agreements between MCC and Associated Rediffusion Limited for the broadcast of the Thomas Lord bicentenary programme, requests for the Independent Television Authority to broadcast Test matches and opinions from counties on the issue, arrangements for the MCC vs. Australians match at Lord's in 1956 to be broadcast by the Independent Television Authority, agreement between MCC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for the MCC vs. Australians match to be broadcast in Australia, arrangements for commercial television to broadcast county matches in 1956.

Associations

Ronald Aird
BBC
independent television
Thomas Lord

Subject

broadcasting, Television, Australia in England 1956

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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