[Tech1] The Mind of Mr J G Reader

[David Brunt]

The strike was to stop making them in colour. They seem to have been happy 
to still make them in b/w.

It sounds a bit odd with hindsight though.

<shrug>


-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Plowman via Tech1
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 12:33 AM
To: tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk ; Bernard Newnham
Subject: Re: [Tech1] The Mind of Mr J G Reader

In article <A1F63D0EBD3D40128C60F1CB5A38793E at 0023242e4e14>,
   David Brunt via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
> The studio technicians were in a pay dispute and refused to make shows
> in colour (claiming that colour programmes were worth more in overseas
> sales than b/w ones). The strike lasted about 12 weeks.

Before my time at ITV, but are you saying those progs made in B&W on
colour cameras were made while everyone was on strike?

-- 
    Dave Plowman     dave at davesound.co.uk     London SW 12


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