Although much broadcasting has changed beyond recognition over time, one constant is a popular pastime. The earliest experimental wireless broadcasts listed on the Television & Radio Database (tvrdb.com, warmly recommended to anyone interested in the media) include 1925 talks by Mr CG Butcher on “The Origin Of Chess” and Mr Brian Hanley on “Chess: The Queen’s Gambit Declined”.
Award-winning producer Camilla Lewis co-founded Curve Media in 2014, building the company up to be one of the top UK independent unscripted producers with a reputation for returnable, quality factual programming for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery Networks, Disney+, Paramount+ and Netflix.
Despite being one of the world’s oldest games, chess is far from being forgotten. From 2020’s The Queen’s Gambit spiking sales of chess boards and books, to the chess.com app being the most downloaded in February 2023, new players across the globe continue to find love for the 1500-year-old game.
Now Chess Masters will bring together 12 amateur players from across the UK to compete in heats and knock-out rounds.
