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Alec Bray – My time at the BBC

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Bernard Newnham

Technical Operator – Dolly Operator One (Dolly Op 1) I was in the fast Arts stream at Reading School. At the end of the fourth form, we went straight into a two-year “A” level course, taking “A” levels at the … Continue reading →

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Some Alexandra Palace history – the first BBC camerawoman

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Bernard Newnham

This was instigated by Simon Vaughan, who is the Archivist of the Alexandra Palace Television Society. Simon asked on the tech1 email list – “I wonder if members of Tech-Ops could help in identifying the female floor manager in this … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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as per BBC practice