Category Archives: Pictures

Richard Chamberlain

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Bernard Newnham

In late 2011 John Henshall mentioned  a tape he had stashed away to the producers of Tales of TV Centre (BBC 2012) – and caused a sensation. The story is told here on BBC News  and you can see the … 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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Peter Sumpter’s TV Centre pictures

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Bernard Newnham

Peter has been recording the last days of Television Centre over the past few months (December 2011). Here are some of the pictures he has collected, either from donors or taken recently by him.  

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1992 pictures

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Bernard Newnham

Saved from the skip by Nigel Taylor, these were 35mm slides from a clear up in the hub – the basement of TV Centre that once was VT Area 1, under the fountain. We don’t know why they were shot, … Continue reading →

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Pictures from Mike Jones

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Bernard Newnham

Mike Jones sent lots of photos –              

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From Peter Hider

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Bernard Newnham

In the mid-sixties Peter was a cameraman on crew 5, led by Jim Atkinson. One day Peter found he had a short end of 8mm film to use up on his home film camera. He took the camera to work … Continue reading →

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