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Post by John Wall on Dec 26, 2018 19:19:01 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Dec 26, 2018 19:22:09 GMT
 Tweeted by PM. |
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Post by richardwoods on Dec 26, 2018 21:39:59 GMT
Good article.
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Post by John Wall on Dec 26, 2018 21:53:39 GMT
Explodes a lot of myths - there ARE decent, selfless people out there 😀 |
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Post by richardwoods on Dec 27, 2018 18:40:46 GMT
Too true. I had a major career change 20yrs ago, gave up a career in Management to go back to being an engineer, this time in the telecoms sector. The constant exposure to the public this involves makes you realise that 99% of the population are nice, decent, helpful folks, which certainly made me realise that my rather jaundiced views of the population at the time were somewhat misguided.
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Dec 29, 2018 14:23:06 GMT
Too true. I had a major career change 20yrs ago, gave up a career in Management to go back to being an engineer, this time in the telecoms sector. The constant exposure to the public this involves makes you realise that 99% of the population are nice, decent, helpful folks, which certainly made me realise that my rather jaundiced views of the population at the time were somewhat misguided. They are. The article failed to print my answer to the big question they asked me, "Why did the BBC throw away all their old shows"? I blamed The Daily Express (and other newspapers) for constantly banging on about too many repeats. Paul |
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Post by Peter Stirling on Dec 29, 2018 14:48:56 GMT
Then there was the large difference between the cost of a B/W TV licence and a Colour licence,for what was essentially an upgrade which all countries were doing,
people with colour questioned why they had to watch B/W stuff.. and so presumbly B/W was considered as of no further interest?
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Dec 29, 2018 14:51:30 GMT
Then there was the large difference between the cost of a B/W TV licence and a Colour licence,for what was essentially an upgrade which all countries were doing, people with colour questioned why they had to watch B/W stuff.. and so presumbly B/W was considered as of no further interest? Except that some of the biggest losses were from 69-73. Paul |
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Post by John Wall on Dec 29, 2018 23:48:38 GMT
Then there was the large difference between the cost of a B/W TV licence and a Colour licence,for what was essentially an upgrade which all countries were doing, people with colour questioned why they had to watch B/W stuff.. and so presumbly B/W was considered as of no further interest? Except that some of the biggest losses were from 69-73. Paul I’ve previously speculated as to why Enterprises didn’t extend the permissions they had for the Pertwee Dr Whos, broadcasters all over the world were changing to colour and these could have been sold very widely. Madness imho. |
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Post by Richard Marple on Dec 31, 2018 17:24:06 GMT
Except that some of the biggest losses were from 69-73. Paul I’ve previously speculated as to why Enterprises didn’t extend the permissions they had for the Pertwee Dr Whos, broadcasters all over the world were changing to colour and these could have been sold very widely. Madness imho. It didn't help that Australia & a few other Commonwealth countries were slow to switch to colour, limiting the export demand for colour, though at the same time the PBS stations were starting up in the USA which did take some of the Pertwee stories. I guess the cost of early colour video tape was a reason for wiping so many early colour programmes. |
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