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\u201cDr Who\u201d Pilots and Titles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nMike 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 \u201cDr Who\u201d titles aroused interest, of course, and this led to a discussion about the pilot programmes for the series and the recordings of the versions of the opening episode.\n\n\n\n\n

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Cleopatra<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Did the exemplary cameraman , artist, animator and \u201cJackanory\u201d director Roger Bunce have his head turned (as so many had) by the Queen of Egypt and turn his hand to writing a radio production about the asp-iring world dominatrix?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Comics and Cutaways<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The children\u2019s\u2019 literature and the comics that we read when we were growing up.  The cutaway drawings in the \u201cEagle\u201d may have awakened an interest, but what could we say about \u201cLittle Plum your Redskin chum\u201d or Desperate Dan and his cow pie?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Doormen at the BBC \u2013 and at other companies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Keeping the riff-raff at bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Green Screen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A photograph of actors on set against a green screen for \u201cCoronation Street\u201d led Bernie to try his hand at “CSO”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Hydrofrolicks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fun and games in water:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Girls and water

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            Cameras and water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Microphones and water<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Jude the Obscure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The change in television drama production from live studio performances with multiple cameras on theatre-style sets to on-location shot-by-shot shooting and full post-production similar to movie production methods was gradual and driven by developments on the technology of television, particularly in the reduction in size of the image pick up devices and the ability to record those images at broadcast quality.  There were many steps along the way, and some memorable productions were created and broadcast. One such was \u201cJude the Obscure\u201d in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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The Man Outside<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another production using a mix of inserts from outside broadcast television units on location (instead of the previous film camera units) and studio based drama was \u201cThe Man Outside\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Tape Speeds<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

7.5, 15 30 inches per second\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Who\u2019s the Dummy?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEducating Archie\u201d \u2013 a very popular BBC Light Programme Radio show in the 1950s \u2013 a ventriloquist act on the radio!  Other dummies include Basil Brush, Roland Rat \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Going out with a BANG! \u2026 or a whimper \u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pyrotechnics inside and outside the studio \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filming an explosion is not always about making a big bang<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Staff List August 1974<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graham Giles found a staff list for August 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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