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- Stephen Clayton on Roger Marshall interview Part II: ‘Missing From Home’ (1984) and Douglas Camfield
- Colin birch on Roger Marshall interview Part I: ‘Public Eye’
- Ken Key on Recording ‘Public Eye’ (ABC) on location in Birmingham (1966)
- Claire C on ‘Dead of Night: The Exorcism’ (BBC, 1972)
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- Costume and space: Inspector Morse in his pyjamas
- Landscape in the Studio: Play for Today: Desert of Lies (BBC, 13/3/84)
- The Stripped-Down Studio Space: Play for Today: Psy-Warriors (BBC, 12/5/81) & Centre Play: The Saliva Milkshake (BBC, 6/1/75)
- Mixing Genres in the Studio: Playhouse: The Journal of Bridget Hitler (BBC2, 6/2/81)
- Studio trickery: Censored Scenes From King Kong (BBC, 1973) & Play For Today: The After Dinner Joke (BBC, 14/02/78)
Tag Archives: Outside Broadcast
The Cherry Orchard (BBC, 1981)
Although only a handful of stage adaptations for British television were ever made on location on outside broadcast (OB), the technologies and working practices could also be used inside, as well as away from, the studio. This unusual method of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Chekhov, Cherry Orchard, Outside Broadcast, Play for Today, Richard Eyre, Trevor Griffiths
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Recording ‘Public Eye’ (ABC) on location in Birmingham (1966)
Few major British television drama series of the 1960s have a worse survival rate than that of the first three series of Public Eye (ABC, 1965-68/ Thames 1969-75). Of the 41 episodes of the first three series made by … Continue reading