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Post by William Martin on Jan 12, 2004 15:20:30 GMT
thats what I feared, so we must assume the chances of any material from this source is slim, what about home recorders though, did many technicians etc have sony cvs avs etc
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Post by Gary C on Jan 12, 2004 21:24:57 GMT
I've no idea, I got my first video recorder in 1979, a Philips (1702, I think, or was it a 1502??) machine which I paid a FORTUNE for!! First recording ever was Fawlty Towers' The Rat. I still have it. In fact, a few years ago I gave back an off-air recording I did of 'Nationwide' of the 9th December 1980. It was the John Lennon tribute night, and the BBC didn't do ANY sort of off-air recording themselves!! Unbelievable!
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Post by Paul Cooksley on Jan 13, 2004 20:12:27 GMT
Gary
I know - it is unbelievable that this late on, the BBC were not recording (or even having 'off air') recordings of shows like Nationwide - this particular show, I understand from another thread I started, is particulary patchy in the archives...
Mind you, having said this, certain live shows must have been retained as a matter of course... say like 'Blue Peter' for example? I know this has a pretty good survival rate hasn't it?
do you still work at TVC by the way?
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Post by Gary C on Jan 13, 2004 21:01:42 GMT
naw, I left the BBC in 1989!! (in disgust -- not really.....)
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Post by Paul Cooksley on Jan 13, 2004 21:36:38 GMT
Aww! Shame on you! How could you leave???!!!
You still in the industry then at all?
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Post by Gary C on Jan 13, 2004 21:59:10 GMT
yes, I work in transmission now, freelance
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Post by William Martin on Jan 14, 2004 17:00:40 GMT
its not a rat it a siberian hamster
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Post by Gary C on Jan 14, 2004 17:13:05 GMT
ha !!
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