By the 1940s, television had really started to take off in America - aided by the popularity of stars such as Milton Berle and Ed Sullivan.
In Britain, the BBC resumed broadcasting in 1946 following the end of World War II. At the same time it also introduced the licence fee - ?2 at the time.
The pictured set, the Bush TV-12,?went on sale in 1948 and was pre-tuned to receive one channel. Its successor, which followed two?years later, could?be tuned to any of five channels
