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Launch Night 1964: BBC Television Centre
Television Centre is aglow with anticipation. The date is April 20th, 1964, and the BBC is about to launch a second channel, BBC2, dedicated solely to the arts, drama and comedy. Its mascot, oddly enough, is a kangaroo named Hullabaloo. Meanwhile, Battersea Power Station too is aglow, in flames. As firefighters struggle to defeat the…