Author Archives: Bernard Newnham

Stories 6

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

Diaries by Bernard Newnham All cameramen keep diaries, because it’s the only way they know when they are working in a very irregular lifestyle. I stopped being a cameraman in 1977 – 25 years ago as I write – but … Continue reading →

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Stories 5

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

A few memories of Riverside Studios by Peter Ward I was hoping that recent trawls for missing BBC programmes would unearth 35mm copies of ‘Troubleshooters’, the BBC drama series about the oil industry. In the mid-sixties I took part in … Continue reading →

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Stories 4 – Pres B

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

Here are two not-tech-ops stories about Pres B These are re-prints from stuff I’ve written elsewhere…….. Pres B was a small studio on the fourth-and-a-half floor of Television Centre. It isn’t there now, as it was destroyed for some network … Continue reading →

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Dick Hibberd’s Memories

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

Dick Hibberd is Honorary President of the Guild of Television Cameramen. Here’s a short biog, written by him for the GTC website. I’m hoping that Dick will write up some more…… “I started my career in this industry as a … Continue reading →

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Evesham Course Pictures

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

I’m trying (12/11/2010) to reorganise my older site, which is now going on for a decade old. A lot has changed on the internet since then, and things that were difficult have become much easier to do, as people have … Continue reading →

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Dave Mundy’s Evesham Pictures

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

Dave is a sound man, and like all BBC tech-ops staff, spent some time at BBC Evesham Technical Training Department…… Click pictures for large version, click again to remove. Dave says – I have racked my brains and this is … Continue reading →

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