28-12-2023, 09:30 PM
So I've been browsing YouTube (as you do) and found this from the iconic Granada TV current affairs documentary series, World In Action - "Taming The Beeb" from 1988.
(For some reason, the aspect ratio switches from 4:3, to cropped 16:9 at about 8m40s.)
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This programme focuses on the BBC supposedly/apparently losing its independence, and the worry of it becoming a government controlled broadcasting organisation.
There's a nice view of how BBC Broadcasting House used to look, not too much long before the more recent modern redevelopment and extension to the premises.
From (very nearly) 35 years ago, the official launch programme for Sky TV ... presented by Kay Burley.
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Satellite TV related, there's this 15 minute little gem from 1994 ... part corporate video for SES Astra, part mini-documentary.
www.youtube.com
I'm sure there are plenty of others you can find on YT (and elsewher) and we can discuss here.
(For some reason, the aspect ratio switches from 4:3, to cropped 16:9 at about 8m40s.)
www.youtube.com &
This programme focuses on the BBC supposedly/apparently losing its independence, and the worry of it becoming a government controlled broadcasting organisation.
There's a nice view of how BBC Broadcasting House used to look, not too much long before the more recent modern redevelopment and extension to the premises.
From (very nearly) 35 years ago, the official launch programme for Sky TV ... presented by Kay Burley.
www.youtube.com
Satellite TV related, there's this 15 minute little gem from 1994 ... part corporate video for SES Astra, part mini-documentary.
www.youtube.com
I'm sure there are plenty of others you can find on YT (and elsewher) and we can discuss here.
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