Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown – VT Clock
John Kelly via Pat Heigham
The BFI are releasing the 1965-1971 BBC series “Out of the Unknown” on DVD, and I am putting together a little package of commentaries/documentaries to accompany some of the episodes.
Here is a list of some staff. I have tried to help by breaking the individuals into lists based on their production roles on “Out of the Unknown”.
| Grams |
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Nick Ware |
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Larry Goodson |
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Clive Gifford |
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Dave Thompson |
| Vision Mixers |
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Graham Giles |
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Fred Law |
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Ron Isted |
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Rachel Blayney |
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John Lopes |
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Dave Hanks |
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John Barclay |
| AFMs |
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Raymond Day |
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Lyn/Lynette Stevens |
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Brian Denton |
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Chris Cherry |
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Jackie Harvey |
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Alan Knight |
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Terry Coles |
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John Bruce |
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Terrence Banks |
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Joanna Mervan |
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Sally Crowgey |
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Jane Massingham |
| Designers |
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Peter Seddon |
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Trevor Williams |
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Norman James |
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Tony Abbott |
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John Cooper |
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William McCrow |
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Sally Hulke |
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John Stout |
| PAs |
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Oliver Forsbrugh/Horsbrugh |
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Tony Wickert |
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Roderick Graham |
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Anne Head |
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John Matthews |
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John Glenister |
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Gerry Pearson |
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Liz Small |
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Don Revitt |
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Raymond Day |
| Floor Assistants |
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Richard Brooke |
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David Gloag |
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Cyril Gates |
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John James |
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Bruce Messenger |
| Studio Cameramen |
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Jim Atkinson |
| Film Cameraman |
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H Duncan |
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Eddie Best |
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John Baker |
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Ray Henman |
| Film Editor |
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Eddie Montague |
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Brian Morgan |
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Ann Chegwidden |
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Gitta Zadek |
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Peter Pierce |
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Paul Humfress |
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Dan Rae |
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Sheila S Tomlinson |
| TMs |
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Gerry Millerson |
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Eric Furze |
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Dennis Channon |
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Bill Millar |
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Geoff Shaw |
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John Green |
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Tommy Claydon |
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Sam Barclay |
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Graham Southcote |
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Ken McGregor |
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Bill Watters |
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Jack Shallcross |
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Jimmy Purdie |
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John Dixon |
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“Andover and the Android”
Toby Hadoke, David Brunt
Chick Anthony was studio sound supervisor and Clive Thomas was TM2 on “Andover and the Android”.
Pat Heigham
I was the Grams Op on “Andover and the Android” and produced some innovative sound effects. We experimented with speaking backwards for a robot voice.
re Speaking Backwards
Mike Cotton
Dick Graham, an OOV in Pres, could speak backwards – we recorded him and replayed it backwards and the result was (almost) intelligible if you knew what he had said. He was keen on country pursuits such as Doil Flunking and welly throwing. I think he was a relative of Graham Southcot. Memories of Stanley Unwin.
Len Shorey
Roger Ordish, an LE Producer, appeared live on a early BBC-1 show and sang backwards. We set up a dummy tape machine on the set and recorded it in the control room. The gram/op I believe it was Nick Ware, who then turned the spools over and played on cue. To everyone’s astonishment out came the national anthem with lyrics clearly enunciated.
When interviewed, Roger said he learnt the technique (or art) when working on night duty in Bush House editing tape.
Bill Jenkin
He did something similar on another show. I can’t remember the show but it was in the TV Theatre. It was a version of Spike Milligan’s “I’m Walking Backwards To Christmas”.
