LWT was unique. I religiously tuned in every Friday for the handover from Thames. It meant the weekend had officially started

Enjoying The Voice of Peter Lewis, Peter's a Good Dude

Loved LWT it was the weekend.

Now I know where Matt berry got the voice from🤣

@stumbling

3 ай бұрын

"Father!"

In the late 90s I had a tour of The London Studios, and saw some of the Grass Valley production suites.

The soundtrack is awesome

This may be from 1981; The music here 0:33 was also used in an advert for Andrex in '81 and was written by Jeff Lynne, I believe. From what Peter Lewis says that would tally. And, Cheryl Campbell 7:54 was in an LWT series called "Seven Dials Mystery" that was shown March 8th, 1981.

@ChrisBarrett1

5 ай бұрын

The music is called 'Sea of Tranquility (B)' by David Vorhaus, released in 1980.

Fascinating video, as these old training tapes always are. Those Marconi Mk9s always seemed to have a very subtle blue cast, or something not quite in balance to their pictures. It was the same with those at TVAM and the replacements at Granada.

Amazing. Was all of this done live?

David Vorhaus - Sea of Tranquility from 1980 KPM, and Robert Powell did the Andrex voiceover. I thought the best video effects from LWT were done by a device called Harry during 1987 etc.

Really miss the EMI 2001s

@dareks8000

4 ай бұрын

Cameras blessed with great colour. My heart sank with the replacement channels at LWT.

... "clunk-generator"? as an ex-vision mixer and director, that has to be the funniest thing I've ever seen ...

@dareks8000

6 ай бұрын

The new Grass Valley mixer didn’t make any noise as camera cuts were taken unlike the previous mixers. Cameras especially missed hearing the ‘cut’.

@easyflicks

6 ай бұрын

@@dareks8000 yep, I know why they did it, but it's still the funniest thing I've ever seen ... just think what that lot would be like today with computers making all the cuts ...

@joefinan9483

6 ай бұрын

I still miss the clunk generator - it was great. Meant you didn't have to constantly check return looking for a shot change, just wait until you hear the clunk then check.

@alangowdy3333

2 ай бұрын

Clunk - hilarious. As was that cringingly embarrasing dance routine.

LWT were so progressive, and excellent weekend arts programmes. My only complaint is there were no productions involving custard pies.

@stickytapenrust6869

6 ай бұрын

Think some of their 1990s Saturday morning shows had some.

@jahno7154

5 ай бұрын

@@stickytapenrust6869 70s and 80s more like

@stickytapenrust6869

5 ай бұрын

@@jahno7154 If you’re thinking of TISWAS, that was ATV. I don’t think either Saturday Scene or Our Show (both of LWT’s 70s Saturday morning efforts) had custard pies. LWT didn’t bother making Saturday morning kids shows in the 80s.

@jahno7154

5 ай бұрын

@@stickytapenrust6869 I'm not gonna argue with someone who is well informed as you brilliant. I should've known Tiswas was a from the Midlands I must admit

Are we playing guess the year? 1971

@bletheringfool

5 ай бұрын

He said it was 12 years since LWT began in 1969 making it 1981

@wotdoesthisbuttondo

5 ай бұрын

@@bletheringfool Yeah thanks, i was a decade out but if i'd watched more i'd have sussed that, my mistake.

London Weekend Television is currently re-equiping it's production studios with new cameras and vision mixers. The old EMI 2001Cameras are being replaced with Marconi Mark 9 Cameras. And the existing Central Dynamics Vision Mixers are being replaced by Grass Valley Series 300 Production Switches. It must be said that both the old cameras and vision mixers have served the company well in the 12 years since LWT produced it's first colour programme in 1969.

@dareks8000

3 жыл бұрын

A script I might have written! ;-) The EMI 2001 cameras were much loved because of their great colour.

@yellowbelly06

Жыл бұрын

@@dareks8000 where these the original 2001’s transferred from Wembley or later replacements? I ask as there is an episode on YT of Supersonic 1975 where Alvin ‘Santa’ Stardust asks the gallery crew what presents they got and one replied ‘new cameras’. Fascinating video though.

@stickytapenrust6869

6 ай бұрын

@@yellowbelly06They were from Wembley. The 2001 was no longer for sale when South Bank opened in 1972, having been superseded by the 2005 in 1970. No broadcaster would dispose of those early colour cameras at just 3 years old, given the huge expense they had in buying them and having them installed.

@easyflicks

6 ай бұрын

@@stickytapenrust6869 I don't believe anyone would use the word "superseded" to describe the truly awful 2005 ...

@stickytapenrust6869

6 ай бұрын

@@easyflicks Well it was what the 2001 was taken off sale for, so “superseded” is technically correct, putting all opinions aside.