Friday Feature The Long Watch: A History of Radar
It all began 50 years ago in a muddy field in Northamptonshire with three scientists, an RAF bomber and a borrowed BBC short-wave transmitter. The experiment was to lead to the radar which won the Battle of Britain and defeated the U-boats in the Atlantic. Today civil airlines could not operate without it, neither could the space programme. Radar also forms NATO's first line of defence in the cold war; it has come a long way from that muddy field. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/47db43107ad3475c9c7f1faed0f1c753 A BBC Q.E.D programme
Documentary on the history and uses of radar.
Primary Title
- Friday Feature
Secondary Title
- The Long Watch: A History of Radar
Date Broadcast
- Friday 4 April 1986
Start Time
- 12 : 00
Finish Time
- 13 : 00
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Documentary on the history and uses of radar.
Episode Description
- It all began 50 years ago in a muddy field in Northamptonshire with three scientists, an RAF bomber and a borrowed BBC short-wave transmitter. The experiment was to lead to the radar which won the Battle of Britain and defeated the U-boats in the Atlantic. Today civil airlines could not operate without it, neither could the space programme. Radar also forms NATO's first line of defence in the cold war; it has come a long way from that muddy field. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/47db43107ad3475c9c7f1faed0f1c753 A BBC Q.E.D programme
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Educational
- Science
Hosts
- William Woollard (Presenter)
Contributors
- David Filkin (Series Editor)
- Brian Johnson (Producer)
- BBC Productions (Production Unit)