The Leeds self op outlasted Peter Levy - it was in use by Clare Frisby for Breakfast opts and Ian White for Sunday bulletins right until they moved out of Woodhouse Lane (although the last bulletin with Ian White on the very last day clearly wasn't self op, but did use that studio).
Nick Dixon of Daybreak has just tweeted an image of his new earpiece being crafted. It involves purple goo and some hot liquid. Have to say, it looks horrible.
But why purple? There's also a glimpse of a form which pertains to the broadcast earpiece requisition.
Sorry I can't cut and past the link here, due my inability to use an EyePad correctly. But can be Googled, one imagines?
although this clip is not specifically television "news", it does give a remarkable insight into how onscreen graphics and tabulated information was displayed on news and sport broadcasts. Seems only like yesterday, in fact.
Nick Dixon of Daybreak has just tweeted an image of his new earpiece being crafted. It involves purple goo and some hot liquid. Have to say, it looks horrible.
But why purple? There's also a glimpse of a form which pertains to the broadcast earpiece requisition.
Sorry I can't cut and past the link here, due my inability to use an EyePad correctly. But can be Googled, one imagines?
Presumably purple to see if any of the goo is left in the ear one the main blob is removed!
Nick Dixon of Daybreak has just tweeted an image of his new earpiece being crafted. It involves purple goo and some hot liquid. Have to say, it looks horrible.
But why purple? There's also a glimpse of a form which pertains to the broadcast earpiece requisition.
Sorry I can't cut and past the link here, due my inability to use an EyePad correctly. But can be Googled, one imagines?
Presumably purple to see if any of the goo is left in the ear one the main blob is removed!
That's the exact reason, the ones we had used blue silicone for the mould, mind you now they're giving us ones to put in boiling water on a string like a teabag and then mould in our ears!
Bloody hell! How can anyone concentrate with all that commotion going on in your ear, when you're trying to read to time and to the nation?
News presenters are real pros, IMO.
That's cropped up here before - you can find parts two and three on YouTube. I believe it was Philip Hayton's first One O'Clock News, poor chap.
Not his first time presenting the programme but the first one to air. He'd been doing rehearsal versions for a couple of weeks - I remember him being interviewed on Wogan where he said there had been a fire in the studio - and the "burnt umber desk was actually burnt".
Yes - that level of detail I'm remembering even surprises me - considering I can't lay hands on a new shirt I bought two days ago.
Not his first time presenting the programme but the first one to air. He'd been doing rehearsal versions for a couple of weeks - I remember him being interviewed on Wogan where he said there had been a fire in the studio - and the "burnt umber desk was actually burnt".
My recollection is that the Six fell off air because they were evacuated due to a fire in that part of TVC, and Nick Witchell, who had been presenting, appeared on Wogan (which was on later than usual because of the interruption) that evening to discuss what had gone on.