Familiar faces

Ian Norman sent me a video of a live transmission from VT on Saturday, March 14th 1981. He was the cameraman for Swap Shop (Ikegami HL79) – you can find the full version in The 1980s under Swap Shop and in Programmes under VT on TV.

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Two instantly recognisable faces in the still above, Murray Needham & Mick Goodenough, but take a look at the still below.

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The first still is of the hexaplexer desk, with Al Goddard driving VT10, but who is the editor on VT9 (updating Grandstand titles) and who is the Sports PA?

1 Comment to Familiar faces

  1. Mick Goodenough says:

    I thought I had the only copy of this – my “rabbit in the headlights” moment. Anyhow – Al Goddard was editing the titles on VT9 with Terry Bettles playing in. Alan Griffiths is the PA and there’s a brief glimpse in the background of Charles Balchin during Murray’s interview.

    Cheers Mick Goodenough

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