It may be short but it reproduced well on my lap-top. I remember those times. I was there at the BBC Television Centre in Wood Lane London during the mid 1970's. Yes, i helped to fill the gaps in between the programmes when i was the duty BBC Television Narrator. We were NOT television announcers - WE were Narrators! - all 14 (fourteen) of us! I will now rest my trumpet ...... and return to the Test Card and Music.
And I am the Paul Sawtell who had that, yes, crazy idea in the first place. I had been receiving letters from curious listeners and viewers passed on to me from the BBC who were no doubt grateful to have an impossible to deal with load taken off their shoulders back in the late 1980s. They all had one thing in common, namely that they believed they were the only ones who enjoyed this arcane yet hugely skilled and well-performed music. Life moves on unrelentingly however and after many years of promoting this area of tv history in this way I now have my own YT channel devoted to this oft-neglected but much appreciated, by those who now feel brave enough to declare their enjoyment, aspect of so much musical professionalism. And of course as someone once said, "Nostalgia isn't what it used to be". I wonder if you remember Steve Ostler? He worked in NC2 in the 1970s, often charged with the duties of running trade test transmissions?
First saw this in the summer of 2017, just found the courage to sign up!!! Enjoy Worcester 😉
It may be short but it reproduced well on my lap-top. I remember those times. I was there at the BBC Television Centre in Wood Lane London during the mid 1970's. Yes, i helped to fill the gaps in between the programmes when i was the duty BBC Television Narrator. We were NOT television announcers - WE were Narrators! - all 14 (fourteen) of us! I will now rest my trumpet ...... and return to the Test Card and Music.
nb I forgot to mention that during my two full-time years at 'The Centre' there was ONLY ONE female BBC Television Narrator/announcer
And I am the Paul Sawtell who had that, yes, crazy idea in the first place. I had been receiving letters from curious listeners and viewers passed on to me from the BBC who were no doubt grateful to have an impossible to deal with load taken off their shoulders back in the late 1980s. They all had one thing in common, namely that they believed they were the only ones who enjoyed this arcane yet hugely skilled and well-performed music. Life moves on unrelentingly however and after many years of promoting this area of tv history in this way I now have my own YT channel devoted to this oft-neglected but much appreciated, by those who now feel brave enough to declare their enjoyment, aspect of so much musical professionalism. And of course as someone once said, "Nostalgia isn't what it used to be". I wonder if you remember Steve Ostler? He worked in NC2 in the 1970s, often charged with the duties of running trade test transmissions?