The Mobile Phone That Walked Out the Door in 1976

In October 1976, inside BBC Television Center’s Blue Peter studio, three presenters – Peter Purves, Lesley Judd and John Noakes – gathered around what looked like an ordinary black box. This suitcase-sized device was about to change the way people thought about long distance calls, literally. Built by Plessey Telecommunications and weighing nearly 10 pounds, […]