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Early Television

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Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.

A few of the words

KINESCOPE
Before videotape, live broadcasts were preserved by pointing a film camera at a monitor, the resulting recording was called a kinescope, and many are the only surviving record of early TV history.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GUNSMOKE
Gunsmoke began as a radio drama in 1952 before making the leap to television in 1955, where it ran for a remarkable 20 seasons on CBS.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
HOWDY
Howdy Doody, the freckled marionette who gave the show its name, reportedly had 48 freckles, one for each state in the Union at the time of his 1947 debut.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DRAGNET
Dragnet's clipped, documentary style and its famous four-note theme were so distinctive that the show is still instantly recognisable more than 70 years after its 1951 television premiere.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Early television word search, free and large-print. Hunt for the shows, stars and studio magic that first flickered into the living room.

About Early Television

In the early 1950s, a hulking wooden console with a tiny grey screen became the centrepiece of the American living room, and families would rearrange the furniture just to face it. The aerial on the roof, the hiss of the test card, the warm valve glow before the picture snapped into focus, it was pure wonder. Variety hours, puppet shows, crime dramas and singing cowboys all jostled for those precious evening hours, and a handful of performers became the first true stars of the small screen.

How to play

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.

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