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They're called cue dots, rather like those you see in old films to indicate to the projectionist when to change rolls. In tv, they were used to indicate to each of the ITV regions when to standby and run commercial breaks. They were also used to provide cues in and out of live programmes and OBs (th...

Ennio Morricone, Prolific Italian Composer for the Movies, has died aged 91:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... -91-858358

David, Did you ever manage to track this piece down? Hi Nigel, Sorry for taking so long. I've not found it yet, I'm afraid. It's not on any of the cassettes I've already transferred and I've been having problems with my PC which has delayed transferring the rest. I'm determined to find it though! D...

There was Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman with Kinky Boots.

Although I can't answer your question, I'm fairly sure that I have a recording of it from the early 80s. I'm away from home at the moment but when I get back I'll see if I can find it and post it somewhere.

I had a similar problem when I registered last year. I'd pretty much given up when I received an e-mail after a few weeks to say my account had been approved. You might just need to be patient.

From the 1977 BBC Handbook: "In Scotland, the Geneva frequency plan should lead to an improvement in the low-frequency (long -wave) service. The present 200 kHz (400 kW) transmitter at Droitwich does not adequately serve Scotland but, under the new plan, additional 200 kHz (50 kW) and 227 kHz (50 kW...

I know there has been a policy at some points in the past for the north-east to be protected from certain regional and local cuts to help strengthen the BBC's position in the area, as evidently it's a part of the country where the Corporation has traditionally been less popular. I believe the old N...

The regional 5 minute news bulletins finished on Friday 12 September 1980, the day after Radio Norfolk launched. I have an audio recording of a part of Nationwide in which, following a link up with Radio Norfolk, Sue Lawley interviewed the then BBC Chairman George Howard about the cuts and mentioned...

The episodes listed on the cover, and their TX dates, are: Episode One - 14 September 1959 Episode Two - 21 September 1959 Episode Three - 28 September 1959 Episode Five - 12 October 1959 Episode Six - 19 October 1959 Episode Seven - 26 October 1959 Episode Eight - 2 November 1959 Episode Thirteen -...

I have a vague recollection of reading something along those lines too, but can't remember where. A couple of possible sources are Edward Pawley's History of BBC Engineering or On Air - The History of BBC Transmission. I'll have a look over the weekend although the latter is available as a free down...

Simon Coward wrote:Would it have ever been used towards the end of the late national news?

It happens now towards the end of the 10 O'clock News on BBC 1 when they trail Newsnight on BBC 2 since BBC 2 Scotland are showing Newsnight delayed by half-an-hour.

Veteran BBC broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan has died aged 77, after short illness, his family confirms

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment ... 4756603642#_=_

For anyone interested in these kind of things, as part of the BBC Northern Ireland 90th anniversary, last night BBC2 NI repeated a behind the scenes documentary made in 1974 for their 50th. It's available on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... nniversary.

James Alexander Gordon, one of the most recognisable voices in British broadcasting, has died aged 78.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28844131

GarethR wrote: Is it actually possible to pinch Sky anyway?

It would appear so: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01s52zy

Clive wrote:Why not make either BBC3 or BBC4 iPlayer only channels and so avoid distribution costs towards the terrestrial broadcast network ?

Because you wouldn't save anything unless you did the same to either CBBC or CBeebies - they use shared infrastructure.

Was it generally understood at the time that all channels would eventually go to 625 lines Well, the frequency planning for the UHF network was certainly planned from the outset as being a four channel network so it was certainly understood from technical and political perspectives. Whether the gen...

I can't speak for news, but in playout it's normal practice for server clips have 5 second handles so that the VT clock is still present as an ident. While the scheduled clip will have an in point of 10:00:00:00 that is 5 seconds into the clip and sometimes the director will change the in point to 0...

But that's the sort of thing that does happen in real life. Surely the character is only reflecting that?

Is it really double standard's on Coronations Street's part though, or just a reflection of the hypocrisy we see in real life?

London DTT seems to be OK so it looks like it might be an uplink problem rather than playout.

I also miss listening to BBC Wales TV sound which was in the same VHF frequency range, this was around 1984. VHF tv was never in the same band as VHF radio before or after the changes. VHF TV used bands I (41-68 MHz) and III (174-216 MHz), with radio in between in band II. VHF tv also used AM for t...

It is indeed true and was announced by Andy Quested on his blog:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/pos ... rd-Special

Brock wrote:So what group was Alfred Hitchcock in originally then?

The Byrds?

The change in Europe came about as a result of a decision by the World Administrative Radio Conference in 1979, although the actual change took a while to implement. In the UK, the VHF band for broadcast radio only went up to 97.6MHz with police mobile radio using the band above that, although Radio...

As well as the ones mentioned, a few others that I can think of off the top of my head are One Day in the Life of Television from 1988, a BFI project which also had a book, Storm in an Egg-Cup about TVam and The Lime Grove Story.

Yes, I saw it too and really enjoyed it and was puzzled as to why the second part was cancelled. Where did you find out that it was because of the low audience figures?