Photo from Andy Frizzell, no reproduction without permission.
The photo is of a ‘Clothes Show’ special recorded on location in Latvia, at some point between 1988-92.
Jeff Banks (in the pinky shirt on the left) was the presenter, Roger Casstles the director (crouching by the camera monitor), John Kenway the cameraman, Tony Wass – sound (not shown – probably taking the photo), Andy Frizzell – lighting (holding the reflector by the tree).
Photos by Willoughby Gullachsen, no reproduction without permission.
‘Run for the Lifeboat’ was a Screen Two drama produced at Pebble Mill and transmitted in 1988. Douglas Livingstone wrote and directed the film and Carol Parks was the producer.
The drama tells the story of Maggie, who moves from London to a small Welsh fishing village, with her son Terry. She meets and starts a relationship with Gareth Jones, a member of the local lifeboat crew, and they eventually marry.
Stacey Tendeter played the part of Maggie, David Burke played Gareth Jones, and I think Douglas Livingstone’s own son, Ross, played the part of Terry. The drama also featured Constance Chapman, John Pickard, Melanie Walters, Jeff Rawle, Tenniel Evans, and David Dietf.
John Kenway was the DOP, with Dave Evans assisting. Roger Slater was the sound mixer, with Tony Wass boom operator and Jimmy Monks, grips.
Photos by Gail Herbert – no reproduction without permission.
King and Company was a series produced at Pebble Mill by executive producer John King. It featured wildlife cameraman, Simon King (John’s son) on wildlife filming assignments with different celebrities. It went out in 1988. The featured celebrities included Wendy Richard, Liza Goddard, Mark McManus, David Essex, Toyah Willcox. The filming subjects included deer, dormice, frogs, salmon, and golden eagles.
Gail’s photos show filming taking place, and the crews involved. Gail was the production assistant, Tony Rayner the producer. The cameramen include John Couzens, Alan Duxbury, John Williams, Dave Evans, Keith Froggatt, sound recordists include Alex Christison and Tony Wass.
Sebastian the Golden Eagle
Photos by John Burkill, no reproduction without permission.
These ‘Top Gear’ photos date from 1977 (with the Lotus Esprit and Porsche 928 photos) and 1982 (with the photo of the Ford Granada). They show early in-car recordings onto 1″ videotape. The recording machine was the VPR5. The camera mounted on the Lotus and Porsche is the Bosch Fernseh, which was one of the first ‘lightweight’ cameras, although it was extremely heavy in reality. The camera mounted on the roof of the Ford Granada is an Ikegami, probably an HL79. It is being operated by Keith Salmon, director David Weir is holding the gun mic and Tony Wass is on the right-hand side. Inside the white Granada, Steve Searly is operating the racks control for the VPR5. John Burkill, VT editor/engineer would have set up the VPR5.
The photos show how cumbersome in-car recording was in the 1970s and 80s in comparison to today, when cameras can be really tiny.
David Weir, Keith Salmon, Tony Wass