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- ↑ Corbishley, H (June 1939). "What Viewers Want - First Results of Television Questionnaire" (PDF). Television and Short-Wave Radio. 12 (136): 340 – via World Radio History.
- ↑ Joan Miller introduces an edition of Picture Page in 1936
- ↑ Corbishley, H. (January 1939). "Scannings and Reflections" (PDF). Television and Short-Wave World. 11 (131): 23–24 – via World Radio History.
- ↑ British Television: An Illustrated Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press / British Film Institute. ISBN 0-19-818336-4.
- ↑ 1950's British TV and Radio
- ↑ Shopping Centre by Philip Green. Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra – Columbia D.B.2905
