Author Archives: Bernard Newnham

Roger’s Christmas Card, and This is the BBC

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Bernard Newnham

Roger Bunce has been looking after this Christmas card from the Production Design department since the early nineties. It was the very end of the era of the confident BBC culture at Television Centre, when the BBC was still (almost) … Continue reading →

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Mags, Vids, and Plans

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Bernard Newnham

To the Dorking Book Fair….. where a man wanted £40 for a huge pile of ancient Practical  Television and Practical Radio magazines.  I couldn’t quite get interested in articles on how to service the Ferguson 922T receiver and similar stuff … Continue reading →

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Museum Exhibits

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Bernard Newnham

At lunch the other day Gerry Tivers gave me these for safe keeping. He thinks they should be in a museum, and so do I, but experience has shown that big museums aren’t that interested. They are probably deluged with … Continue reading →

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Ian Norman’s pictures

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Bernard Newnham

Ian sent very large copies of these, too big for WordPress, but if anyone wants an original size version, I’m sure he won’t mind me sending one. Ian says – The Oresteia – These five photographs were taken of Crew … Continue reading →

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One picture, lots of stories…

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Bernard Newnham

Here’s a picture taken on That Was The Week That Was, probably in 1963 – Robin Sutherland found it on the Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera website, and it turns out to have been taken by cameraman Michael Barrett. … Continue reading →

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EastEnders begins – a write up by Dave Howell

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Bernard Newnham

Dave Howell was one of the first people to work on EastEnders, as one of the two Gram Ops This is a reprint of an article that appeared in “The Walford Gazette” in November 2004, (twenty years after the start … Continue reading →

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