Bbc 2

[bhowells]

I remember being very excited when my parents got a new tv set in 1968 so we could receive BBC2. Our telly was piped in by Redifusion, the previous set was not converted to recieve that channel you got the sound and the scrambled picture.

Many of you recall that there wasnt much on BEEB 2 in those days, evening programmes did not start until 7 p.m. Programmes I remember at the time were "Call My Bluff," "Wheelbase", "Marty" and Spike Milligan in the World of Beechcomber.

During the day it was Play School and lashings of the test card.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by bhowells I remember being very excited when my parents got a new tv set in 1968 so we could receive BBC2. Our telly was piped in by Redifusion, the previous set was not converted to recieve that channel you got the sound and the scrambled picture. Many of you recall that there wasnt much on BEEB 2 in those days, evening programmes did not start until 7 p.m. Programmes I remember at the time were "Call My Bluff," "Wheelbase", "Marty" and Spike Milligan in the World of Beechcomber. During the day it was Play School and lashings of the test card.

The Redifusion system was the first cable TV in the country
They mainly set it up in areas that couldn't get a good broadcast signal - the valleys being a prime example

Steve

[bhowells]

I remember going to friends houses who had sets by Baird that used to take an ages to warm up, as you say Steve the reception was none to good, so were lucky to have Redifusion.

There was also the benefit of having the light programme and the Home Service, piped in, I used to listen to Housewives Choice, Joe Piano Henderson, Saturday Club, Easybeat, it really helped shape my music tastes. Of course there wasnt a lot of pop due to needletime restrictions. Had to listen to luxy on big brothers tranisiter radio.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by bhowells I remember going to friends houses who had sets by Baird that used to take an ages to warm up, as you say Steve the reception was none to good, so were lucky to have Redifusion. There was also the benefit of having the light programme and the Home Service, piped in, I used to listen to Housewives Choice, Joe Piano Henderson, Saturday Club, Easybeat, it really helped shape my music tastes. Of course there wasnt a lot of pop due to needletime restrictions. Had to listen to luxy on big brothers tranisiter radio.

Ah, good old Radio Luxembourg. The signal used to "wash" in and out like waves on the shore

Steve

[penfold]

In the forties, Rediffusion had a cheap cable radio-only service, for those who couldn't afford radios, but it had no station choice....my mother remembers, as a young girl, having to pelt down to the local phone box to call 'The Major', the local area manager, that he hadn't turned the switch so they could hear Paul Temple, or whatever the serial was my Grandfather was waiting for in the kitchen....

[bhowells]

Luxy was pure magic,in the sixties a lot of the BBC jocks moonlighted for the station, David Jacobs, Pete Murray, Alan Freeman, Keith Fordyce.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by bhowells Luxy was pure magic,in the sixties a lot of the BBC jocks moonlighted for the station, David Jacobs, Pete Murray, Alan Freeman, Keith Fordyce.

Were they BBC jocks at the time or did they only become so after Radio 1 started - after they'd done a spell on the pirates or on Luxembourg?

Steve

[bhowells]

They were all working for the BBC at the time. David Jacobs joined the BBC after the war
Brian Matthew started with the beeb in the fifties, he was an announcer on some of the very early series of Hancocks Half Hour on the radio.

Alan Freeman would certainly have been on the light programme from the early sixties.

Maybe they were not contracted to theBBC hence their evening jobs on LUXY.

Pete Murray . David Jacobs and Pete Murray have all had acting experience, Pete did some small film roles and theatre, David was in "Journey into Space." and Brian Matthew has done a considerable amount of stage work.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by bhowells Pete Murray . David Jacobs and Pete Murray have all had acting experience, Pete did some small film roles and theatre, David was in "Journey into Space." and Brian Matthew has done a considerable amount of stage work.

Pete Murray can even be seen in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
It's when Clive is about to do his broadcast and is being taken through the tunnels and bunkers where the BBC people lived and worked during the war. One of the people he passes in the corridor is none other than Pete Murray.

Pete's also in Peeping Tom as the boy embracing the girl when Mark & Helen go out for a meal - and Mark doesn't have his camera with him.

Although I'm not 110% certain about the appearance in Peeping Tom it's definitely him in Blimp

Steve

[earlb]

I worked at Radio Luxembourg for several years and Alan'Fluff' Freemans first broadcast was on Luxy, as was indeed Noel Edmonds and Jimmy Savile whos auditions I recorded. If you want to hear some Luxy of yesteryear go to
208 It was Great Radio Luxembourg - Home and click on 'Sounds' top right.

[julian_craster]

Pete's also in Peeping Tom as the boy embracing the girl when Mark & Helen go out for a meal - and Mark doesn't have his camera with him.

Although I'm not 110% certain about the appearance in Peeping Tom it's definitely him in Blimp


I am 110% sure it is not Pete Murray in PEEPING TOM....He was a major celebrity in 1960 (through 6.5 Special on TV and film) and had starring roles in 'B' films- so why would he take a bit/non-speaking role in Peeping Tom, and why would Michael Powell pay a celebrity to do so ?
(the budget for PT was pretty tight....)

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by julian_craster Pete's also in Peeping Tom as the boy embracing the girl when Mark & Helen go out for a meal - and Mark doesn't have his camera with him. Although I'm not 110% certain about the appearance in Peeping Tom it's definitely him in Blimp I am 110% sure it is not Pete Murray in PEEPING TOM....He was a major celebrity in 1960 (through 6.5 Special on TV and film) and had starring roles in 'B' films- so why would he take a bit/non-speaking role in Peeping Tom, and why would Michael Powell pay a celebrity to do so ? (the budget for PT was pretty tight....)

Who says he got paid?
I was surprised when it appeared on the IMDb listing and I keep meaning to check it sometime

Steve