Clothes-Line
Clothes-Line | |
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Genre | Documentary, Fashion |
Created by | Mary Adams |
Presented by | James Laver and Pearl Binder |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Mary Adams |
Original release | |
Network | BBC |
Release | 30 September 9 December 1937 | –
Clothes-Line was an early
Broadcast times
- Episode 1: Clothes-Line, broadcast at 21.20 on Thursday 30 September 1937[2]
- Episode 2: The Sporting Woman, broadcast at 21.20 on Thursday 14 October 1937[3]
- Episode 3: Fossilized Clothes, broadcast at 21.15 on Thursday 28 October 1937[4]
- Episode 4: Hats and Headgear, broadcast at 21.15 on Tuesday 9 November 1937[5]
- Episode 5: Influences at Work, broadcast at 21.15 on Thursday 19 November 1937[6]
- Episode 6: Grandmamma Looks Back, broadcast at 21.10 on Thursday 9 December 1937[7]
Episode 4 was broadcast on the Tuesday that week rather than the Thursday due to Remembrance Day falling that Thursday.
Concept
Clothes-Line illustrated the development of fashion history through live models in original costumes from
Controversies
Pregnancy
In addition to being the first television programme to deal with fashion history, Clothes-Line may well have been the first television programme to feature a heavily
Nudity
The last show episode, Grandmamma Looks Back, aired on 9 December 1937 and a fashionable
Repeats (Clothes Through The Centuries)
The first series was, as with so many early BBC programmes, broadcast live. The controversy of the final episode notwithstanding, it was so well received that it was decided to repeat the programme in early 1938. Laver, Binder, Adams, Patton and Sawyer all returned to reprise their roles for the second (revised) version, which consisted of three parts, and was renamed Clothes Through The Centuries. The episode titles were:
- Episode 1. Grandmamma Looks Back, broadcast at 21.10 on Sunday 10 April 1938[9]
- Episode 2: The Sporting Girl, broadcast at 21.10 on Monday 2 May 1938[10]
- Episode 3: Legendary Loveliness from Nefertiti to Lily Langtry, broadcast at 22.00 on Friday 3 June 1938[11]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7190-6639-5
- ^ Radio Times, 24 September 1937
- ^ Radio Times, 8 October 1937
- ^ Radio Times, 22 October 1937
- ^ Radio Times, 5 November 1937
- ^ Radio Times, 25 November 1937
- ^ Radio Times, 3 December 1937
- ^ a b c "Clothes-Line". The Listener. 18. BBC: 733. 1937.
- ^ Radio Times, 8 April 1938
- ^ Radio Times, 29 April 1938
- ^ Radio Times, 27 May 1938