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Topics 5

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Alec Bray

“Dr Who” Pilots and Titles Mike Jordan noted that the BBC Motion Graphics Archive had opened at Ravensbourne College. The Archive shows development of graphics across the BBC and includes examples of opening titles and promotion trailers. The “Dr Who” … Continue reading →

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Derek Brady and the story of The Man with the Flower in his Mouth

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Bernard Newnham

Back in 2013, Derek Brady sent in a number of photos. They are on the old site at page 131. He also sent the story of the first ever TV drama. He had worked on a reconstruction of the 1930 … Continue reading →

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Topics 4 – Another Lockdown collection

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Alec Bray

Here is another issue of the e-zine that YOU write! Topics 4 comes to you in the midst of the latest English four-week “lockdown” for Covid-19, as this second wave of the Covid-19 infection has hit: Wales has already had … Continue reading →

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Topics 3 – The Coronavirus Issue

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Alec Bray

On 23rd March 2020, the United Kingdom  – as had happened with many other European countries and other countries Worldwide – was put into lockdown in an unprecedented step to attempt to limit the spread of CoronaVirus and the disease … Continue reading →

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Topics Issue 2

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Alec Bray

This collection of “Topics”  –  composed of emails written by BBC Technical Operators – was inspired by the comments of the Tech Ops group following the release of the film “1917”.  This film tells the story of the day, 6th … Continue reading →

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Roger Bunce’s Behind the Scenes Glimpses

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Bernard Newnham

Roger has been building a small collection of BBC Programmes which feature behind-the-scenes glimpses of Cameramen and other Techies, performing their daily grind at BBC Television Centre, and elsewhere. These are screen grabs from those programmes, showing some familiar scenes … Continue reading →

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