Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown – VT Clock

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John Kelly via Pat Heigham

The BFI are releasing the 1965-1971 BBC series “Out of the Unknown” on DVD, and I am putting together a little package of commentaries/documentaries to accompany some of the episodes.

Here is a list of some staff. I have tried to help by breaking the individuals into lists based on their production roles on “Out of the Unknown”.

Sound Supervisors
Grams
Nick Ware
Larry Goodson
Clive Gifford
Dave Thompson
Vision Mixers
Graham Giles
Fred Law
Ron Isted
Rachel Blayney
John Lopes
Dave Hanks
John Barclay
AFMs
Raymond Day
Lyn/Lynette Stevens
Brian Denton
Chris Cherry
Jackie Harvey
Alan Knight
Terry Coles
John Bruce
Terrence Banks
Joanna Mervan
Sally Crowgey
Jane Massingham
Designers
Peter Seddon
Trevor Williams
Norman James
Tony Abbott
John Cooper
William McCrow
Sally Hulke
John Stout
PAs
Oliver Forsbrugh/Horsbrugh
Tony Wickert
Roderick Graham
Anne Head
John Matthews
John Glenister
Gerry Pearson
Liz Small
Don Revitt
Raymond Day
Floor Assistants
Richard Brooke
David Gloag
Cyril Gates
John James
Bruce Messenger
Studio Cameramen
Jim Atkinson
Film Cameraman
H Duncan
Eddie Best
John Baker
Ray Henman
Film Editor
Eddie Montague
Brian Morgan
Ann Chegwidden
Gitta Zadek
Peter Pierce
Paul Humfress
Dan Rae
Sheila S Tomlinson
TMs
Gerry Millerson
Eric Furze
Dennis Channon
Bill Millar
Geoff Shaw
John Green
Tommy Claydon
Sam Barclay
Graham Southcote
Ken McGregor
Bill Watters
Jack Shallcross
Jimmy Purdie
John Dixon

 

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“Andover and the Android”

Toby Hadoke, David Brunt

Chick Anthony was studio sound supervisor and Clive Thomas was TM2 on “Andover and the Android”.

Pat Heigham

I was the Grams Op on “Andover and the Android” and produced some innovative sound effects. We experimented with speaking backwards for a robot voice.

 

re Speaking Backwards

Mike Cotton

Dick Graham, an OOV in Pres, could speak backwards – we recorded him and replayed it backwards and the result was (almost) intelligible if you knew what he had said. He was keen on country pursuits such as Doil Flunking and welly throwing. I think he was a relative of Graham Southcot. Memories of Stanley Unwin.

Len Shorey

Roger Ordish, an LE Producer, appeared live on a early BBC-1 show and sang backwards. We set up a dummy tape machine on the set and recorded it in the control room. The gram/op I believe it was Nick Ware, who then turned the spools over and played on cue. To everyone’s astonishment out came the national anthem with lyrics clearly enunciated.

When interviewed, Roger said he learnt the technique (or art) when working on night duty in Bush House editing tape.

Bill Jenkin

He did something similar on another show. I can’t remember the show but it was in the TV Theatre. It was a version of  Spike Milligan’s “I’m Walking Backwards To Christmas”.