Post by Clive Shaw on Mar 4, 2006 9:15:03 GMT
OK then, to address some of the OP's comments -
2) ITV was actually more decent in those days as you had a local little television station rather than a commerical BBC with downmarket programmes.
Yep, regional ITV did play a much greater part and there were often major difference in the schedules from one regional company to an other. Living in an area where you could receive more than one regional ITV channel was a big plus.
5) You had simultaneous broadcasting (as in you had BBC-1 & ITV simulaneously broadcast on VHF 405-lines & UHF 625-lines) so if you were a real weirdo, you could see what a programme was in black & white & what it was in colour.
Hmm, not that important. Most people migrated from 405 lines VHF towards 625 line colour. Most households would only have one TV. When we got our first colour TV, the 405 line set was moved into the back room and continued to work for only a couple of weeks until a valve blew and never got repaired.
6) some ITV regions (not yorkshire) & the early days of the BBC had in-vision announcers.
I believe that Yorkshire did have in vision announcing in its first year, Ulster TV still does ! Gave your local station its own regional identity. In-vision announcers were local celebrities, forever opening local supermarkets and church fetes. Although Yorkshire did not have in-vision announcing, Redvers Kyles gravel laden voice was un-mistakable.
8) You had no video recorders so a programme was permanently in your head & that couldn't be recorded over (unless your'e Homer simpson).
This is very important and the main thing that effected how television was made and broadcast. Most households had only one TV in the living room, no possibility to record a programme for later viewing. Therefore TV programmes had much more family appeal as they had to cater for all age ranges. Look at TOTPs in the 1970's which often included Mum pleasing performances from Neil Diamond or other middle of the road artists to balance the programme out.
We used to have family arguments when us young 'uns tried to watch 'The Young Ones' whilst my Dad would not be forced to miss the 9 O' Clock News'
9) You could easily tell if someone had a B/W or colour telly by simply looking at their aerial.
Yes and No, we had a dual standard, B&W set and the associated UHF aerial a long time before we finally got a colour set.
2) ITV was actually more decent in those days as you had a local little television station rather than a commerical BBC with downmarket programmes.
Yep, regional ITV did play a much greater part and there were often major difference in the schedules from one regional company to an other. Living in an area where you could receive more than one regional ITV channel was a big plus.
5) You had simultaneous broadcasting (as in you had BBC-1 & ITV simulaneously broadcast on VHF 405-lines & UHF 625-lines) so if you were a real weirdo, you could see what a programme was in black & white & what it was in colour.
Hmm, not that important. Most people migrated from 405 lines VHF towards 625 line colour. Most households would only have one TV. When we got our first colour TV, the 405 line set was moved into the back room and continued to work for only a couple of weeks until a valve blew and never got repaired.
6) some ITV regions (not yorkshire) & the early days of the BBC had in-vision announcers.
I believe that Yorkshire did have in vision announcing in its first year, Ulster TV still does ! Gave your local station its own regional identity. In-vision announcers were local celebrities, forever opening local supermarkets and church fetes. Although Yorkshire did not have in-vision announcing, Redvers Kyles gravel laden voice was un-mistakable.
8) You had no video recorders so a programme was permanently in your head & that couldn't be recorded over (unless your'e Homer simpson).
This is very important and the main thing that effected how television was made and broadcast. Most households had only one TV in the living room, no possibility to record a programme for later viewing. Therefore TV programmes had much more family appeal as they had to cater for all age ranges. Look at TOTPs in the 1970's which often included Mum pleasing performances from Neil Diamond or other middle of the road artists to balance the programme out.
We used to have family arguments when us young 'uns tried to watch 'The Young Ones' whilst my Dad would not be forced to miss the 9 O' Clock News'
9) You could easily tell if someone had a B/W or colour telly by simply looking at their aerial.
Yes and No, we had a dual standard, B&W set and the associated UHF aerial a long time before we finally got a colour set.
