Vintage Radios on TV - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

avro · 30th Nov 2011, 9:10 pm

We were watching May the Best House Win yesterday on ITV and one of the homes featured was that of Peter(Kinnaird?), a Radio Collector, in Worcestershire. He had a very nice collection of Roberts and Hacker valve and transistor sets and it showed him restoring one in his workshops.

He also won the competition for the "Best House".

If you can tolerate the adverts, you can see it again here.

Darren-UK · 30th Nov 2011, 9:32 pm

Peter is in fact a forum member.

avro · 30th Nov 2011, 10:10 pm

I thought he might have been.

gezza123 · 30th Nov 2011, 10:18 pm

Thanks for that Avro, don't normally watch telly, but that was the best laugh I have had for ages,a pitty Peter didn't have a trap door on the bridge.

gezza.

Peter Kinnaird · 30th Nov 2011, 10:19 pm

...and you can count on me to invest the prize money on some more radios...although my wife does seem to feel I have enough...as she does shoes!

Glad you enjoyed the show Avro.

Peter

flyingtech55 · 30th Nov 2011, 10:40 pm

What an unremittingly awful program. Tasteless, pretentious and completely devoid of merit. The only faintly redeeming feature was Peter's collection of radios. Where do they find such a disparate collection of disfunctional, socially inadequate yet pompous misfits to populate these fatuous pieces of televisual detritus?

Reminds me of why I don't watch television.

TimR

avro · 30th Nov 2011, 10:47 pm

Yes, some of it can be pretty ropey, but while doing up our house it gave us some good ideas of what to do, but mostly what not to do.

bobhowe · 25th Dec 2016, 12:28 am

Hi just been watching Steptoe & Son on the yesterday channel & there is a lot of nice old radios in the back round regards Bob

greg_simons · 25th Dec 2016, 1:17 am

They were plentiful and not much regarded or valued then, I seem to think there was a round one in one of the shows, till death do us part maybe.
Greg.

Radio Tech · 25th Dec 2016, 12:05 pm

They obtain these sets from places like reclamation centres and most likely borrow them from museums around the country. There is one on a sideboard in coronation street.

Regards

Ken

Cobaltblue · 25th Dec 2016, 12:19 pm

And Now Radio 4 will Explode.

Monty Python Series 2 Episode 9

An extreme case of a faulty coupling cap?

Cheers

Mike T

Radio Wrangler · 25th Dec 2016, 6:45 pm

The one I remember in the background of steptoe and son was an old bakelite philco. It had to be bakelite because the compound curved top would have cost a fortune in wood. I'm afraid I didn't like the programme and it rubbed off on that set.

David

teetoon · 25th Dec 2016, 7:17 pm

Hi, did anyone notice the record player in the christmas Steptoe and son lastnight. It was two tone grey in colour but I couldn't make out the name.

David.

Herald1360 · 25th Dec 2016, 7:21 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobaltblue

An extreme case of a faulty coupling cap?

No, probably a Rifa mains filter cap!

MurphyNut · 26th Dec 2016, 1:59 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radio Tech

They obtain these sets from places like reclamation centres and most likely borrow them from museums around the country. There is one on a sideboard in coronation street.

It's more likely vintage radios are hired from prop agencies. I get period filming around my house and quite often old radios turn up as props with little stickers on the back from previous use.
A few times my radios have been use, which is rather nice when seen on TV.
You'll see my little Bakelite set at the start of this clip-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03c45n1

Voxophone · 13th Feb 2017, 12:05 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobhowe

Hi just been watching Steptoe & Son on the yesterday channel & there is a lot of nice old radios in the back round regards Bob

The other day I watched the Steptoe episode 'Diploma' in which Harold decides to become a TV engineer. He spends a lot of the episode working on a valve TV chassis. Does anyone know if it was a genuine TV or just something put together for the show? The CRT looked a bit precariously balanced to me...

The Philpott · 13th May 2017, 10:39 am

A plethora of old sets just popped up on a re-run of 'Secret Army' on the Yesterday channel.
Low on budget, but quite High on acting. Too accurate and earthy to be very popular at the time I imagine, but I hope it's going to get a full re-run. Brilliant.

Station X · 13th May 2017, 11:50 pm

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Originally Posted by The Philpott

A plethora of old sets just popped up on a re-run of 'Secret Army' on the Yesterday channel.

I looked for it The Yesterday Channel, but couldn't find it. It's actually on The Drama Channel.

It's ironic that it's less well known than "Allo Allo" which was derived from it.

Stuart R · 24th Jul 2017, 12:45 pm

Nice Murphy B71/72? set in a BBC News item about female presenters' pay last night. Featured in a vintage section of film about Woman's Hour.

No points scored for a snippet of 'Goodnight Sweetheart' I caught a few weeks back. Gary the time traveller sits down for a WWII Christmas Dinner with an Ekco A147 'Festival' set in the background.

Maybe an expensive Christmas gift from the future?

SR

30th Nov 2011, 9:10 pm	#1
avro Heptode Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kapellen, Belgium Posts: 656	Vintage Radios on TV We were watching May the Best House Win yesterday on ITV and one of the homes featured was that of Peter(Kinnaird?), a Radio Collector, in Worcestershire. He had a very nice collection of Roberts and Hacker valve and transistor sets and it showed him restoring one in his workshops. He also won the competition for the "Best House". If you can tolerate the adverts, you can see it again here. __________________ Avro in Belgium __________________ BVWS member

30th Nov 2011, 9:32 pm	#2
Darren-UK Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 4,061	Re: Vintage Radios on TV Peter is in fact a forum member.

30th Nov 2011, 10:10 pm	#3
avro Heptode Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kapellen, Belgium Posts: 656	Re: Vintage Radios on TV I thought he might have been. __________________ Avro in Belgium __________________ BVWS member

30th Nov 2011, 10:18 pm	#4
gezza123 Heptode Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, UK. Posts: 781	Re: Vintage Radios on TV Thanks for that Avro, don't normally watch telly, but that was the best laugh I have had for ages,a pitty Peter didn't have a trap door on the bridge. gezza.

30th Nov 2011, 10:19 pm	#5
Peter Kinnaird Tetrode Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Worcester, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 73	Re: Vintage Radios on TV ...and you can count on me to invest the prize money on some more radios...although my wife does seem to feel I have enough...as she does shoes! Glad you enjoyed the show Avro. Peter

30th Nov 2011, 10:40 pm	#6
flyingtech55 Octode Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ayrshire, UK. Posts: 1,096	Re: Vintage Radios on TV What an unremittingly awful program. Tasteless, pretentious and completely devoid of merit. The only faintly redeeming feature was Peter's collection of radios. Where do they find such a disparate collection of disfunctional, socially inadequate yet pompous misfits to populate these fatuous pieces of televisual detritus? Reminds me of why I don't watch television. TimR __________________ All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

30th Nov 2011, 10:47 pm	#7
avro Heptode Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kapellen, Belgium Posts: 656	Re: Vintage Radios on TV Yes, some of it can be pretty ropey, but while doing up our house it gave us some good ideas of what to do, but mostly what not to do. __________________ Avro in Belgium __________________ BVWS member

25th Dec 2016, 12:28 am	#8
bobhowe Heptode Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 661	Steptoe & Son Hi just been watching Steptoe & Son on the yesterday channel & there is a lot of nice old radios in the back round regards Bob

25th Dec 2016, 1:17 am	#9
greg_simons Octode Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Evesham, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 1,374	Re: Steptoe & Son They were plentiful and not much regarded or valued then, I seem to think there was a round one in one of the shows, till death do us part maybe. Greg.

25th Dec 2016, 12:05 pm	#10
Radio Tech Nonode Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Bocking, near Braintree, Essex, UK. Posts: 2,018	Re: Steptoe & Son They obtain these sets from places like reclamation centres and most likely borrow them from museums around the country. There is one on a sideboard in coronation street. Regards Ken

25th Dec 2016, 12:19 pm	#11
Cobaltblue Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK. Posts: 6,613	Re: Steptoe & Son And Now Radio 4 will Explode. Monty Python Series 2 Episode 9 An extreme case of a faulty coupling cap? Cheers Mike T Attached Thumbnails __________________ Don't care if it was a bargain why's it in my kitchen Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk

25th Dec 2016, 6:45 pm	#12
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,262	Re: Steptoe & Son The one I remember in the background of steptoe and son was an old bakelite philco. It had to be bakelite because the compound curved top would have cost a fortune in wood. I'm afraid I didn't like the programme and it rubbed off on that set. David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

25th Dec 2016, 7:17 pm	#13
teetoon Heptode Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Barnstaple, N.Devon, UK. Posts: 549	Re: Steptoe & Son Hi, did anyone notice the record player in the christmas Steptoe and son lastnight. It was two tone grey in colour but I couldn't make out the name. David.

13th May 2017, 10:39 am	#17
The Philpott Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Colchester, Essex, UK. Posts: 4,026	Re: Vintage Radios on TV A plethora of old sets just popped up on a re-run of 'Secret Army' on the Yesterday channel. Low on budget, but quite High on acting. Too accurate and earthy to be very popular at the time I imagine, but I hope it's going to get a full re-run. Brilliant.

24th Jul 2017, 12:45 pm	#19
Stuart R Heptode Join Date: May 2011 Location: Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 672	Re: Vintage Radios on TV Nice Murphy B71/72? set in a BBC News item about female presenters' pay last night. Featured in a vintage section of film about Woman's Hour. No points scored for a snippet of 'Goodnight Sweetheart' I caught a few weeks back. Gary the time traveller sits down for a WWII Christmas Dinner with an Ekco A147 'Festival' set in the background. Maybe an expensive Christmas gift from the future? SR