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Tommy Handley and Ronald Frankau Filming a Scene, 1936. British comedy act Mr Murgatroyd and Mr Winterbottom. '...in 1936 the British Broadcasting Corporation opened the first television service in the world, a new medium for faces as well as voices'. Tommy Handley (Winterbottom) and Ronald Frankau (Murgatroyd): "Do you know what happens for instance when there's a failure in the sugar crop?" "Yes. "What?" "A lump comes in my throat". From "Time To Remember - The Time Of The Three Kings", 1936 ( Reel 1); documentary about events of the year of the abdication crisis.