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A Lament for TVC

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Alec Bray

Background 20th September 2014 – London – Open House Final Visit to Television Centre – the world’s first purpose built TV studios. The studios are clustered around the famous circular central building, designed by Graham Dawbarn in 1960, and the … Continue reading →

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A whole Mole page from Alec Bray

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

During the time that I worked in BBC TV Technical Operations, there was one piece of equipment that had many, many more tales told about it than anything else – this was the Mole Richardson Crane, or Mole Crane as … Continue reading →

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Evesham course pictures, and other various things

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

Nick Lake sent the course picture for TO26  (click for big) – …and Mike du Boulay sent TO16 – Nick also sent a Softly Softly Task Force group picture from 1974 – Nick says that  “…. this is  TC4 and, as … Continue reading →

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More stories from Alec Bray

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

It’s a Square World Some programs were a joy and a privilege to work on – and one such program was “It’s a Square World”.  It was the only comedy program where I ever saw anyone from the Technical Operations … Continue reading →

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From Alec Bray….

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

Alec Bray was in tech-ops  from Jan 1963 – May 1967 on Crews 7 and 13 (and occasionally others) .  Here are some stories and a card…. The Vinten Heron In the mid to late 1960’s there were very few zoom … Continue reading →

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Norman Taylor’s Emitron

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

Somehow these pictures got left in a temp folder for two years, for which I have to apologise to Simon Vaughan of the Alexandra Palace Television Society who sent them to me in July 2011. The Emitron belonged to the late … Continue reading →

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