Category Archives: Stories

Colin Reid – An Appreciation

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Alec Bray

Tony Grant I was on Colin’s crew, and can vouch for those recollections of his quiet, calm demeanour, and how he kept a close watch on us ‘youngsters’ with a quiet word to us after a programme if he thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciation | Comments Off on Colin Reid – An Appreciation

David Newbitt’s Nostalgia

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Bernard Newnham

David says – “One of the great pleasures I have enjoyed since joining the Tech-Ops group has been the opportunity to see so many photographs from the 60s & 70s. Where they include many faces I find typically I instantly … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures, Stories | Comments Off on David Newbitt’s Nostalgia

Television Centre Google Streetview Tour – page build in progress…….

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Bernard Newnham

David Newbitt drew attention to a 2013 Google tour of Television Centre, before an incompetent management sold it off. Go here – https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5099449,-0.2265976,18.5z?hl=en-GB  for the tour, they’re the fainter lines inside the building. I’ve done the tour and lifted some stills. … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures, Stories | Comments Off on Television Centre Google Streetview Tour – page build in progress…….

Discourse on TV Technology over the years:
as per BBC practice

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Alec Bray

[This is a response to Tim Heath, a researcher at the University of London working on the ‘The Adapt Project’, investigating the history of television production technologies in Britain. His research focuses on the history of sound technologies for television … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories | Comments Off on Discourse on TV Technology over the years:
as per BBC practice

How things have changed

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Bernard Newnham

My son, aged 21, has been asked to do a video CV.  Apparently these are very much the thing these days – just like recorded auditions back when I was helping to find a kid’s presenter in the ’80s. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories, Uncategorized, write up | Comments Off on How things have changed

The Anatomy of a Christmas Promotions Campaign (BBC 1970s to 90s)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Bernard Newnham

This isn’t really about Tech Ops, and is the result of going to the BFI to watch a programme of vintage BBC Christmas trails. I had contributed some of them, but others that I’d made were also shown – some I hadn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories | Comments Off on The Anatomy of a Christmas Promotions Campaign (BBC 1970s to 90s)