“Elizabeth II’s Coronation: Did it Air on Tv and What was the Viewership?” – A UK Information Report

Queen Elizabeth II was coronated in 1953 (Photograph by The Print Collector/Getty Photos)

The Coronation of King Charles III is now simply over per week away, and it guarantees to be an extended weekend stuffed with pageantry and celebration.

Within the lead-up to the massive day, those that bear in mind the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II are more likely to be considering again to the occasion, 70 years in the past.

1953 was a really completely different time to immediately, and many individuals didn’t have a tv of their properties.

However was the late Queen’s coronation televised? And if that’s the case, how many individuals watched it?

Was the coronation of Elizabeth II on television?

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953 was televised by the BBC and was the primary main occasion to be broadcast internationally.

It was a key occasion in making tv use mainstream within the UK.

Nevertheless, it was not the primary coronation to be broadcast; the coronation procession of the late Queen’s father, George VI in 1937 was televised, however the precise ceremony in Westminster Abbey was not.

Queen Elizabeth II gave the BBC permission to put in eight cameras inside Westminster Abbey for her coronation in order that the general public may see for the primary time, a coronation ceremony happening.

Filming contained in the Abbey went in opposition to official recommendation, and present the late Queen’s willpower to convey the monarchy into the trendy age.

Richard Dimbleby supplied tv commentary from contained in the Abbey and 7 different commentators supplied commentary alongside the procession route.

How many individuals watched Elizabeth II’s coronation?

Within the UK, over 20 million folks watched Elizabeth II’s coronation broadcast reside on TV.

The printed introduced folks collectively as 10.4 million folks watched it within the homes of buddies and neighbours (it was not frequent to have a tv on the time) and 1.5 million watched in public locations like pubs and cinemas.

There was a median of 17 folks watching the occasion for each small black and white television.

Many individuals bought and rented television’s particularly to look at the coronation, and the variety of tv license holders doubled from roughly one and a half million to 3 million.

The BBC’s coronation broadcast was not simply televised within the UK, however was broadcast internationally.

Within the US, 85 million folks watched recordings of the highlights and in Germany, 11 hours of footage have been broadcast.

The worldwide tv viewers for the coronation was estimated to be 277 million.

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