Category Archives: Stories

George Ageros

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Alec Bray

His Passing was reported in October 2022. The Posts below were from an earlier date. Dave Plowman George Ageros was one of the first supervisors I can remember after my joining in 1962. Not quite sure when he left Sound, … Continue reading →

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BBC Telecine in the 1960s

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Alec Bray

From Chris Cory In August 1960 I was assigned to the Television Recording Section at Lime Grove Television Studios as an operations and maintenance technician. I was only concerned with Telecine; the means of broadcasting film. The equipment was known … Continue reading →

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A Picture of Crew 14

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Roger Bunce

Long before the Calendar Girls . . . even before the Chippendales . . . there was Crew 14. We all remember it perfectly. The problem is that we all seem to remember it slightly differently. We know what happened. … Continue reading →

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Fiona Martin’s Television Centre

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Bernard Newnham

Television Centre in the 1970s and 1980s – a child’s perspective.  My father – sound supervisor Dave Thompson  – worked for the BBC for 41 years. The vast majority of his time was spent at Television Centre. I used to … Continue reading →

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The Idiot

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Alec Bray

Alec Bray Some programmes have as much an effect on the people who work on it as they do on the audience who watch it. One such programme was “The Idiot” (1966). This was an adaptation by Leo Lehmann of … Continue reading →

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Transmitter Towers (Eagle Towers) and more …

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Alec Bray

Background More information and pictures about transmitter towers in general, Eagle towers and the 150lb Balanced pair circuit in London. John Howell The tower vehicle looks like an original fire engine. The picture comes from the 1939 BBC Handbook (which … Continue reading →

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