I used to really enjoy doing vocal sessions in the recording studio at Lime Grove for shows like The Russ Abbott Show and The Laughter Show to name but two. The Irish guys that ran the bar also did a pint of Guinness so good that I first thought they were bringing in in from Dublin but, no, it was just Park Royal Guinness kept and served correctly.
@dwho199517 күн бұрын
But this was live on air
@Zombiemc534Ай бұрын
12:24 BBC2 goes haywire for a second
@johnking517420 күн бұрын
The Ally Pally studios in 1964 weren't great, as BBC Television Centre was their big HQ but of course without power Ally Pally had to cope, and they did the best they could, but their equipment was not great
@kdeeukАй бұрын
tenbys gone down the pan you cannot get a taxi, the railway station is unmanned we are not going again my wifes disabled and the taxi drivers prefer to do a school run rather than help someone who is disabled , dog mess everywhere as they allow dogs everywhere sorry but i tell it as it is
@johnking5174Ай бұрын
0:50 - I met Denis Murray many times over the years. What a lovely man he was. His voice was so familiar not just to Northern Irish viewers, but also to the rest of us on the national news. A great journalist, in the same way as John Cole was too. Denis is still alive and enjoying retirement aged currently 72.
@johnking5174Ай бұрын
10:15 - also in 1964 no shops were open on a Sunday in Britain. Only smaller corner shops and newsagents would be open. More draconian was Northern Ireland, where unlike England, no cinemas or bars were allowed open there until the late 1980s. Only in 1994 did Sunday trading for big stores was allowed.
@johnking5174Ай бұрын
10:15 - This archaic view of Sunday was the reason why both BBC and ITV were regulated to always air a Sunday morning live church service, a lot of adult educational programming and 70 minutes of closed programming from 6.15pm to 7.25pm where only religious programming could air on television. Added to that, the regulation that "general entertainment should not start before 3pm, but 2.30pm at the earliest was allowed. Given the fact that BBC and ITV were allowed just 7.5 hours of general entertainment on a Sunday, these ancient ideas of Sunday was still in force in 1964 Britain.
@johnking5174Ай бұрын
The telephone on the newsdesk was needed, as in 1964 there wasn't any ear pieces for news presenters to use to connect to the gallery. That would come in during the 1970s.
@JohnSwindells-zm4sq2 ай бұрын
Now lets see if they can restore the crummy BBC😅.
@JohnSwindells-zm4sq2 ай бұрын
Very nice advert for VHS machines here.Thank you BBC for not advertising.
@trevormillar15762 ай бұрын
"And now for something completely different ". Organ plays chord. "IT'S......!" Ding! (John Philip Souza's "Liberty Bell" plays).
@davedobbin2 ай бұрын
There had been months of advertising, including the use/sale of two 'cartoon' characters - Hullabaloo and Custard. These were a kangaroo (Hullabaloo) with a joey (Custard) in her pouch. Despite this, the BBC got more news coverage for the new channel from its failure to start. BBC was the first national channel to broadcast in 625 lines, rather than the 405 lines that had been used previously so was in a higher definition, although still transmitting in monochrome. One of the programmes planned for the launch evening was a firework display from Southend Pier which, to me, was strange because a colourful display could only be seen in black and white! They just shifted the launch programme schedule to the following evening.
@uncled392 ай бұрын
The Beatles have been burgled
@johnanth2 ай бұрын
4:16 disaster in motion. I wonder if that happened on BBC 1 as well, where someone would pass the paper live during the show.
@johnking5174Ай бұрын
Most certainly not - remember this bulletin was produced in the newsroom using a 625 line camera. The main BBC Television news studio was using a 405 line camera, and was based in a separate studio, adjacent to the newsroom, so you never saw the news staff in vision.
@PamMartinez-vd1hr2 ай бұрын
60 years ago when BBC 2 was launched
@bobacrey10682 ай бұрын
Surprised the bespectacled man behind him has not put a sign up saying "Hello Mum"
@christopherwilliams20932 ай бұрын
60 years tomorrow, in fact!!!!
@melissahealy19502 ай бұрын
they mentioned just after the audio came on that a bus driver who got sacked for being racist was re-hired that would never happen today
@SaurAesthetic3 ай бұрын
I go there it pongs everywhere u go like
@danwoodvine59003 ай бұрын
I wonder what year this is.
@j0hnf_uk4 ай бұрын
Missing Noah and Nelly??? The indignity of it all(!)
@j0hnf_uk4 ай бұрын
Speak up a bit, mate, I can't hear you... 😁
@johnking51744 ай бұрын
BBC and ITV sold many TV shows around the world. I am surprised that not more lost gems have not been recovered. As places like Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and even our close next door neighbour Ireland bought a lot of UK shows to fill their own stations.
@rtc90634 ай бұрын
Nearly as bad as the opening of RTE2 in Ireland. They were seeing the countdown of the launch of a second channel but the audio was from BBC 2 and some punk rock band on the Old Grey Whistle Test - way to go RTE!
@markpunt96385 ай бұрын
The regions always think they know best 😂
@jessebarlow12775 ай бұрын
11:23
@richardbrown11895 ай бұрын
Apart from the lack of dinner jacket, this absolutely has to be the inspiration for John Cleese's newsreader in Monty Python. The delivery and mannerisms are spot on!
@doublebanana-de3dt6 ай бұрын
9:43 Nelson Mandela in court 1964!
@derekantill37216 ай бұрын
A good technical comedy LoL
@turboslag6 ай бұрын
What an absolute gem! Such simple clean professionlism, and so spontaneous. Personally, I would quite happily watch news delivered like this now. All this excessive presentation with massively overpaid presenters is utterly unnecessary. If only the BBC could go back to their core raison d'etre.
@Agui0077 ай бұрын
Tom, did you say 1933 ?? Great interview!
@AEIOUY2346897 ай бұрын
Of the actual opening night, we only have a few seconds of the beginning, a few seconds of the end and 2.5 minutes of the parody by Rowan Atkinson.
@AlKusmantoro7 ай бұрын
36:37 Paul Holmes
@LUMPYWIT7 ай бұрын
Roger the boat Skipper (Lofty). Played football with him for the Saunders Valve Team. I was on the bench mostly.
@danseekings20508 ай бұрын
do you have a copy of the episode from Blue Peter 13 December 2004 please?
@dangaAgadanga8 ай бұрын
I’m intrigued by what the high speed music was as the tape started. Given me earworm 😊
@paulgoode52458 ай бұрын
Lovely place❤
@user-sy4wg6wd6u8 ай бұрын
Live from studio A 7:21 Bbc two breakdown due to power failure from television centre for west London 12:03 we go back to programme
Wonderful & well recovered in some places ... lol xxx
@mshroye29 ай бұрын
2:36. Who’s the guy walking out
@slimlinehenry9 ай бұрын
48:00 he missed a golden opportunity for a laugh there. Instead of "I politely declined", he should've said "......so I'm seeing her next Tuesday."
@JiveDadson9 ай бұрын
The audio is horrible.
9 ай бұрын
I watched another vid to make sure my headphones aren't broken.
@RWL20124 ай бұрын
just put your device into mono mode. (accessibility settings)
@h4rder109 ай бұрын
"u have to be capable of ignoring all distractions" - no u dont. these bullshit thinking needs to go.
@bluebear19859 ай бұрын
While it's not quite news, I can tell you that it can sometimes be difficult being a sports announcer. I've called play-by-play for ice hockey games in the middle of Canada for about a decade, and it's definitely more difficult then it seems, considering how fast of a sport it is. Also, the games are streamed live, so there's pretty much little to no room for error. In other words, if I mess up, anyone who's watching will hear it.