Category Archives: Stories

Norman Taylor’s story of Dr Who

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

Norman was asked about his involvement….. “The story of the Dr Who titles is as follows: When I was a Technical Operations Manager on Crew 9 we sometimes were allocated to two minor programmes in the same studio on the … 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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Bernard Newnham – My Working Life

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

Having asked others to write up their working lives, I couldn’t not do my own. And in any case, Mr Doig said I had to……. I was born on 25th May 1947, an original babyboomer. I was the eldest of … Continue reading →

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Chris Harnett – his working life

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

My parents were ice skaters and thus show biz was in my blood. I began my BBC career as a TA at AP but it was at the moment that news was due to go to the Spur. My playing … Continue reading →

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Clive Doig – stories from a life in tv

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Bernard Newnham

I was born on 11th August 1940 during an air raid. I came into the world in Nelson Hospital, Merton, and my mother used to tell me that my entry into the world replaced someone across the road who had … Continue reading →

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