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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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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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