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Dixon of Dock Green – Light Entertainment

Created by Ted Willis Jan Reid Producers include: Douglas Moodie Ronald Marsh Joe Waters The main regular cast was: Actor Character Jack Warner PC George Dixon Peter Byrne Detective Sergeant Andy Crawford Billie Whitelaw, Jeannette Hutchinson, Anna Dawson Mary Crawford … Continue reading

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Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree

Background A Christmas Tree sticker on someone’s BBC personal file was supposed to indicate that that person was a pinko, leftie, commie, and query Soviet spy … John Howell, Alex Thomas, Geoff Fletcher,  Albert Barber, Roger Bunce, Tony Scott … … Continue reading

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Captions, Animations and Captain Pugwash

Ken Morse Albert Barber Ken Morse was a rostrum camera operator who did many credit sequences and inserts. Keith Wicks Ken Morse was so well known a few decades ago that one expected him to be credited at the end … Continue reading

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Biddy Baxter – More about Biddy Baxter and “Blue Peter”

More about Biddy Baxter and Blue Peter Alan Stokes A fuller version of a story already posted It was 1983 and I was mixing “Blue Peter” and a guest was David Bellamy who had been in prison in Australia for … Continue reading

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BBC Ident Colours

Albert Barber This is on the BBC website and credited to Andy Wiseman … “…In 1988 the BBC decided it needed a stronger corporate brand image – to be used on and off air, and across all its commercial product. … Continue reading

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BBC Cafeterias

Michael Du Boulay I recently came across this slice of history of menu and prices from BBC TVC cafeteria: circa 1965. Jim Kinally, Mike Jordan, Pat Heigham We got Luncheon Vouchers at TVC in the 1960s.  It was a Luncheon … Continue reading

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