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'''''Condemned To Be Shot''''' was an early [[BBC television drama]], broadcast by the [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]] in the United Kingdom on the evening of Saturday 4 March 1939. It is particularly notable for two reasons &ndash; firstly, it was one of the first plays to be written especially for [[television]], rather than adapted from the [[theatre]] or from [[radio drama]]. Secondly, it was the first television production where the camera was made into one of the 'characters' of the piece &ndash; the play revolves around the first-person perspective of the character whose viewpoint the camera represents, and who is not otherwise seen, his voice heard only in [[voiceover]]. The play ends with the main character faced with a [[firing squad]].<ref>Vahimagi, Tise. ''British Television: An Illustrated Guide''. [[Oxford]]. [[Oxford University Press]] / [[British Film Institute]]. 1994. {{ISBN|0-19-818336-4}}.</ref><br />
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The cast consisted of Reginald Brooke, Zoe Davies, [[Olga Edwardes]], Wilfred Fletcher, Neil Porter, Hilary Pritchard, Henry Belling and Ben Soutten.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263228/ ''Condemned To Be Shot''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]</ref><br />
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Twenty minutes in length, the play was written by R.E.J. Brooke (presumably the actor Reginald Brooke, who also appeared in the production). It was produced by Jan Bussell and broadcast [[live television|live]] from the BBC's studios at [[Alexandra Palace]]. As there was no professional method of recording television programmes at the time, no record survives of the production aside from still photographs.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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