Category Archives: write up

Going Live with “Softly,Softly” 1966

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Alec Bray

Alec Bray This is a fictionalised account of going live with a fictional episode of “Softly, Softly” in 1966 – 1967. It is an attempt to portray what it was like – and some of what was involved – for … Continue reading →

Posted in write up | Comments Off on Going Live with “Softly,Softly” 1966

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 →

Posted in conversations, Life story, Stories, write up | Comments Off on Some Alexandra Palace history – the first BBC camerawoman

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

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 →

Posted in Stories, write up | Comments Off on BBC Telecine in the 1960s

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 →

Posted in Stories, write up | Comments Off on The Idiot

The Support Proximity Effect and Percussive Maintenance

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Alec Bray

Alec Bray I spent the last half of my working life in the IT industry.  In the IT industry there is a well-know effect – the “Support Proximity Effect”. What this says is this – if you have an intractable … Continue reading →

Posted in write up | Comments Off on The Support Proximity Effect and Percussive Maintenance