Sunday, November 11, 2018

From the Archive Episode 10: Tales of Television Centre & ITV Archives



BBC Television Centre has a place in many of hearts that adore British television. When news came about its closure, it upset many that the BBC would leave such an iconic location. A wonderful documentary was produced before it closed. Directed by Richard Marson, Tales of Television Centre, brought together a wide spectrum of people who worked most of their careers there to bring us some of the warmest memories of our “concrete donut”. We talk with Richard about the making of this documentary and what it was like making it, creating the tone of the piece and an insight on what the BBC wanted to name it just prior to transmission! This is the first of a few conversations with will have with Richard and this is a fun one to listen to about Television Centre!
We also talk to Andrew Gavaghan who is the Archive Manager to the ITV archives. Conducted on location at the ITV Archive in Leeds in December of 2017, Andrew gives is an insight into the workings of the archives. It’s a great conversation!

If you have feedback or questions you would like to have read on the podcast or general inquiries, please contact us at feedback@fromthearchive.co.uk. We would love to hear from you! This podcast is a co-production between From the Archive: A British Television Blog and Kaleidoscope. Thank you for listening.




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Thursday, March 29, 2018

TV Times Thursday: John Steed Picks the Pools

It’s time for this week’s “TV Times Thursday” where I take an article or something of interest from a past issue of the TV Times (TV listings of ITV programming) and post it here to share with you. This week, John Steed himself aka Patrick Macnee, makes his choice on the pools. This comes from the 11.06.65 issue of TV Times from page 49.



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