''Ann and Harold'' was the first ever British television serial.Sharp, Robert
"Todd, Dorothy Annie (1907–1993)"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2014. The program, written by Louis Goodrich, ran on

BBC television BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 193 ...

for a total of five 20-minute episodes in July and August 1938.Ann and Harold
IMDB. Retrieved 19 April 2014. It starred

Ann Todd Dorothy Ann Todd (24 January 1907 – 6 May 1993) was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in 1945's ''The Seventh Veil''. From 1949 to 1957 she was married to David Lean who directed he ...

and William Hutchison in the "story of a London society couple's romance, from their meeting to their grand society wedding." No footage of the show survives, as it was aired live before any means of recording television programs existed. Two photographs exist as a visual record of the production.Missing or incomplete episodes for programme ANN AND HAROLD
Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

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