Hi Ian
Yes I was beeb staff 65-92
Birt did it for us in Film Department
'Producer Choice' where it was 'cheaper' to buy a CD from WH Smith than use the worlds best music library (ie The BBC's)
Where it was 'cheaper' to hire in a OB Scanner truck than use the state of the art one in the OB Garage, or record in an office rather than a purpose built studio...
I didnt realise Murdoch was poaching staff so early.
Birt was a total cxnt
I had lunch with Paul Fox once.
His yorkshire terrier took the batteries out of the cameramans digital spotmeter in 1/10 the time it took the camera assistant to put them in..
The future of Broadcast he said...
As a freelance I worked mostly for the Beeb and CH4 ,Sky right at the end (shine productions ,M's Daughter) all much of a muchness.
Had a great time with the old BBC, 88 countries it said on my CV...

I would go freesat but rate Skys EPG and Sky Movies HD too much to change
Roger


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