Author Archives: Bernard Newnham

Television Centre Google Streetview Tour – page build in progress…….

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Bernard Newnham

David Newbitt drew attention to a 2013 Google tour of Television Centre, before an incompetent management sold it off. Go here – https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5099449,-0.2265976,18.5z?hl=en-GB  for the tour, they’re the fainter lines inside the building. I’ve done the tour and lifted some stills. … Continue reading →

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December 2017 Miscellany

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Bernard Newnham

A sudden rush of photos not seen before. Roger Bunce sent the first four, and says “Some rather wonderful photos, from the Golden Age of monochrome, when cameramen wore jackets and ties, have been forwarded to me by George Auckland. … Continue reading →

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Roger Bunce – leaving the BBC

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Bernard Newnham

One of the ‘Objectives’ at my last Annual Appraisal was to stay in the BBC longer than John Birt. (Oddly, my Line Manager would not accept it as an ‘Agreed Objective’.) John Birt left the BBC in 2000. I attended … Continue reading →

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Conversations – first compilation from the Tech-Ops mailing list

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Bernard Newnham

You start off doing one thing, and somehow other stuff just comes along…… When I started the tech-ops site, it was meant to be a home for picture and stories that might not otherwise ever be shown or told.  A … Continue reading →

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Dave Mundy’s Trip to Evesham

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Bernard Newnham

Dave Mundy visited the Wood Norton Hotel and took some pictures…..   ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

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Bimbi Harris, 1966 Health and Safety, and a 1978 WIS

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

In BBC tech-ops it’s always been thought that the BBC’s first studio camerawoman was Barbara Franc, in 1974.  After many years, it turns out that this was wrong. Barbara (Bimbi) Harris, who died in 2013 aged 95, was actually the … Continue reading →

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