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Find out how here. If you can't find what you're looking for, remember we're adding new material all the time. In the meantime, have a look around.</p></td><td width="1"><img height="1" alt="" src="../images/spacer.gif" width="1" border="0" /></td> <td width="312"><div class="rhcol"><img alt="Photograph of television test card" src="../images/tv/tv_home.jpg" vspace="10" border="0" /></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3"><p class="smg">Select a category from the list below <img class="noblock" height="16" alt="" src="../images/tv/icon_arrow.gif" width="9" border="0" /></p><p> </p></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3"><table width="740" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td width="1" class="verticaldots"><img height="1" alt="" src="../images/spacer.gif" width="1" border="0" /></td> <td width="147" valign="top"><div class="thumb-section"><a href="id/482184/index.html"><img alt="" src="../images/thumbnails/tv_genres.jpg" border="0" /><img alt="Genres, Themes and Formats" src="../images/sub_links/sub_genresformats.gif" border="0" /></a></div> <p class="menu-thumb-text">The genres and formats that have shaped TV's history - and some of those that haven't.</p> </td> <td width="1" class="verticaldots"><img height="1" alt="" src="../images/spacer.gif" width="1" border="0" /></td> <td width="147" valign="top"> <div class="thumb-section"><a href="indaud.html"><img alt="" src="../images/thumbnails/tv_industry.jpg" border="0" /><img src="../images/sub_links/sub_industry.gif" border="0" width="67" height="43" alt="Industry and Audiences" /></a></div> <p class="menu-thumb-text">The development of Britain's unique public service broadcasting tradition.</p> </td> <td width="1" class="verticaldots"><img height="1" alt="" src="../images/spacer.gif" width="1" border="0" /></td> <td width="147" valign="top"> <div class="thumb-section"><a href="places.html"><img alt="" src="../images/thumbnails/TV_places.gif" border="0" /><img src="../images/sub_links/sub_places.gif" width="86" height="23" alt="Places" border="0" /></a></div> <p class="menu-thumb-text">How television has described and addressed Britain's cities, towns and countryside.</p> </td> <td width="1" class="verticaldots"><img height="1" alt="" src="../images/spacer.gif" width="1" border="0" /></td> <td width="147" valign="top"> <div class="thumb-section"><a href="decades.html"><img alt="" src="../images/thumbnails/tv_decades.jpg" border="0" /><img src="../images/sub_links/sub_tvdecade.gif" width="83" height="27" alt="TV by Decade" border="0" /></a></div> <p class="menu-thumb-text">British television programmes from the 1930s to the present.</p> </td> <td width="1" class="verticaldots"><img height="1" alt="" src="../images/spacer.gif" width="1" border="0" /></td> <td width="147" valign="top"> <div class="thumb-section"><a href="timeline/index.php?t=2&y=1922"><img alt="" src="../images/thumbnails/TV_timeline.jpg" border="0" /><img src="../images/sub_links/sub_timeline.gif" alt="Timeline" border="0" /></a></div> <p class="menu-thumb-text">Explore the history of television in Britain with our interactive timeline.</p> </td> </tr></table></td></tr> </table></td><td width="8"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3"><img height="20" alt="" src="../images/spacer.gif" width="778" border="0" /></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3"><table width="778" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr class="upperfoot"> <td width="465" align="right" class="upperfoot"></td> <td class="upperfoot"><div class="footer-txt">  <a href="../help/terms.html" class="copylink">2003-14 © BFI Screenonline </a> | <a href="../help/credits.html" class="copylink">credits</a></div></td> <td align="right" class="upperfoot"><img src="../images/nav/lowernav_right_mask2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></td> </tr></table> </td></tr> </table></div></center> <img height="20" alt="" src="../images/spacer.gif" width="778" border="0" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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