ITV Central News have posted another video to YouTube, this one is a follow-up item about the event at BCU.
It includes interviews with Chris Perry of Kaleidoscope, Michael Steele and Dr Paul Marshall of BECG.
YouTube from last night
The Central News item has now been posted on YouTube.
PS: The sound problem at the start was not ours, it was fine leaving us (as the saying goes!).
Mentions
We’ve been mentioned on BBC West Midlands and Birmingham City University’s Twitter feeds and on the BBC West Midlands website!
https://mobile.twitter.com/bbcmtd/status/1195372728351637505
https://mobile.twitter.com/BCUPressOffice/status/1195399110473457675
Not too late
It’s not too late to get a free ticket to the Kaleidoscope event “Colour TV comes to town” tomorrow at Birmingham City University.
Tickets are still available from the Eventbrite website here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/colour-tv-comes-to-town-tickets-75577425113
Live tonight on Central News
We will be on Central News from 6pm tonight, live from Birmingham City University for the Kaleidoscope event “Colour TV comes to town”.
Colour TV Comes to Town
Join us on Saturday 16th November 2019 at Birmingham City University for an event that celebrates ’50 years of Colour TV’ on the main terrestrial channels (BBC1 and ITV).
The event will be a mix of showing rare early archive colour footage from the BBC and ITV alongside honoured guests who will be interviewed live on stage in front of the gathered audience, concerning their recollections and any amusing anecdotes of working in TV during the transition period from black and white to colour TV during the late 60’s / early 70’s.
BECG will be supporting the event by showing one of the early OB units built for colour TV outside broadcast namely ‘Southern‘ (Southern TV’s OB Unit 1) along with a chance to view examples of Marconi MK VII’s and EMI 2001 early colour TV cameras!
Click on the following link for more information and to book your free tickets – https://becg.org.uk/event/colour-tv-comes-to-town/
BBC EHX86V CMCR20
A recent addition to the website, but a vehicle we have been involved with for a few years is EHX86V, one of The BBC Type 5 units, designated LO6 or CMCR20.
See the project page for more details.
Burton Waters Boating Festival
See our restored Southern Television Outside Broadcast vehicle with working period equipment dating from 1968 at Burton Waters Marina near Lincoln on Saturday 15th June.
See the “Events” page for more information.
Background Articles
We’ve started adding some articles on various topics including the history of the technical and practical aspects of television.
These are all available under the category “Articles” and the last few are available from the “Articles” menu.