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Post by emitron on Nov 2, 2006 22:40:52 GMT
Folks, to those that like such things, I've added some new entries to my blog lost-british-television.blogspot.com/including earliest BBC Recordings and forgotten Admags plus a little bit about Emergency Ward 10. Enjoy! |
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Post by Clive Shaw on Nov 8, 2006 8:33:03 GMT
By the way Andy, congratulations on your blog ! Most interesting information on there and very much appreciated. I especially like your pieces on the Admag shows and also the 'Epilogue' as more then recovered dramas, these really do show the style of broadcast television in the 50's.
By the way, where did you find that snapshot of an early 625 line test in the UK ? I didn't realise that anyone had done any investigation into 625 lines after the Government had decided in 1946 that it would be too expensive to implement.
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Post by emitron on Nov 8, 2006 12:45:53 GMT
By the way Andy, congratulations on your blog ! Most interesting information on there and very much appreciated. I especially like your pieces on the Admag shows and also the 'Epilogue' as more then recovered dramas, these really do show the style of broadcast television in the 50's. By the way, where did you find that snapshot of an early 625 line test in the UK ? I didn't realise that anyone had done any investigation into 625 lines after the Government had decided in 1946 that it would be too expensive to implement. Many thanks Clive. The photo comes from a now obscure 1950 book about TV in general called Adventure in Vision by John Swift. It (the photo) was (as far as I know) a Marconi Test. Like many companies in this area, they did a lot of work which was pioneering, but isn't well known today. |
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Post by lfbarfe on Nov 12, 2006 2:28:21 GMT
You swine, Henderson. You've just delayed my going to bed by half an hour. That's a fascinating site. Bravo.
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Post by Ash Stewart on Nov 12, 2006 10:48:52 GMT
That is a damn fine site. Most informative.
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Post by Bernie Nolan on Nov 12, 2006 17:48:29 GMT
Interesting. Although General Hospital did move into primetime, so to say it didn't is wrong.
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Post by Andrew Doherty on Nov 12, 2006 18:52:20 GMT
In my opinion, Andy Henderson has an excellent web site.
Also, the lead article (12.11.06) on the BBC John Roberts JFK Assassination news report will be shown at this year's Missing, Believed Wiped.
Yours,
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Post by emitron on Nov 12, 2006 19:40:34 GMT
Many thanks for the kind comments. I'm unsure what to put up on the site and usually follow instinct. It's still not easy to say which subjects are more popular, but my main aim is to open up the archive TV and generally that era in ways that aren't covered elsewhere.
I think there has been too much emphasis on "cult TV" in the past when there are so many other aspects of early TV to talk about. So, it is a pleasure to do something different and judging by the statistics now over 400 regular visitors must be happy. Thanks also to Bernie for remind me about General Hospital. I have a mental block on it being shown in the evenings, so I've taken that line out! It is important to try for 100% accuracy, but I'd guess this is impossible unless I rationed the postings.
If the blog becomes a good resource, I'm happy. It is meant to strike a positive note of free knowledge and information to everyone who cares about early Television. If it fills a gap for your personally and gives you something you can't get in magazines or elsewhere or even gets someone to hand material back to the BBC or BFI then it has been worthwhile.
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