Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

dave walsh · 2nd Jun 2019, 11:18 am

This excellent new Poliakoff Cold War series has a bedside radio, 10mins in, that is sort of louvred and looking more like a heater plus [at 30 mins] a cabinet television [shut the doors and it's invisible] plus some sort of radio record player in the same room which looked a little out of place. I should stress that I'm not looking for/expecting absolute period accuracy [it's a Drama] more identification-especially the bedside Radio. Is it continental? They are an immigrant family! Highly recommended-female friendly [I have wife and daughter approval] and only two episodes in so there may be more on the technical front!

Dave W

petervk2mlg · 2nd Jun 2019, 11:31 am

Is this the radio you mean?

petervk2mlg · 2nd Jun 2019, 11:40 am

And this is the TV perhaps.

ms660 · 2nd Jun 2019, 11:47 am

The radio in the picture looks to me like a Bush VHF90.

Lawrence.

ms660 · 2nd Jun 2019, 11:53 am

The TV in the picture looks like an Ekco TCG 316, or an Ekco TC315.

Lawrence.

HamishBoxer · 2nd Jun 2019, 12:50 pm

The tv is an Ekco,with out a doubt.I believe the radio had a long name above the dial that I could not make out on this excellent series.

dave walsh · 2nd Jun 2019, 12:59 pm

Yes that's the Radio Peter but the Louvred effect is more obvious in the second photo [nice image] and in a scene where it's next to the woman whose sitting up in bed, giving me the impression that it was perhaps unusual or East European to match the family's origin. The father is making a feature of being able to have a "large" [especially for the time] TV screen but also the ability to disguise it to meet his wife's request. We forget, now, that this may have been an important, class based, factor in some households-like people in the UK who claimed to only watch BBC when ITV started. What I thought was maybe a Radio/RP is to the right in that second scene with the TV! I didn't mention the initial overall electronics theme re hearing aids in Ep 1 [I should have said that's the episode I'm referring to] or the radio confiscated in school by a teacher far less intelligent than his pupil.

Dave

PJL · 2nd Jun 2019, 1:59 pm

Definitely a Bush VHF90...https://www.radios-tv.co.uk/wp-conte...HF90-Front.JPG

2nd Jun 2019, 3:32 pm

Good series, still available on iPlayer.

petervk2mlg · 6th Jun 2019, 3:03 am

And here is the radiogram offered as a prize at the fete in episode 2. Looks like a Philips.

music-centre · 6th Jun 2019, 12:55 pm

Yes, a Philips 654A I think - dated 1956 according to Radiomuseum
Steve.

dave walsh · 6th Jun 2019, 1:12 pm

My wife spotted that RG at the strange Summer Fair [with only one child present] while I was starting a different recording. I'm fascinated by both the social and technical themes in this production. The audio aids/the disabled workers/ the staff locator/bleeper now attracting the interest of the Military/the intractible MI5. Poliakoff always has a very specific way of blending themes together [very much aided by the music on the soundtrack]. Sometimes it shouldn't work so well but it always does!

Dave W

HamishBoxer · 6th Jun 2019, 1:32 pm

Very enjoyable series,keeps you looking forward to the next episode.

2nd Jun 2019, 11:18 am	#1
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID This excellent new Poliakoff Cold War series has a bedside radio, 10mins in, that is sort of louvred and looking more like a heater plus [at 30 mins] a cabinet television [shut the doors and it's invisible] plus some sort of radio record player in the same room which looked a little out of place. I should stress that I'm not looking for/expecting absolute period accuracy [it's a Drama] more identification-especially the bedside Radio. Is it continental? They are an immigrant family! Highly recommended-female friendly [I have wife and daughter approval] and only two episodes in so there may be more on the technical front! Dave W

2nd Jun 2019, 11:31 am	#2
petervk2mlg Heptode Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Parkes, NSW Australia Posts: 877	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID Is this the radio you mean? Attached Thumbnails

2nd Jun 2019, 11:40 am	#3
petervk2mlg Heptode Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Parkes, NSW Australia Posts: 877	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID And this is the TV perhaps. Attached Thumbnails

2nd Jun 2019, 11:47 am	#4
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID The radio in the picture looks to me like a Bush VHF90. Lawrence. Last edited by ms660; 2nd Jun 2019 at 11:54 am.

2nd Jun 2019, 11:53 am	#5
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID The TV in the picture looks like an Ekco TCG 316, or an Ekco TC315. Lawrence.

2nd Jun 2019, 12:50 pm	#6
HamishBoxer Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK. Posts: 8,931	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID The tv is an Ekco,with out a doubt.I believe the radio had a long name above the dial that I could not make out on this excellent series. __________________ G8JET BVWS Archivist and Member V.M.A.R.S

2nd Jun 2019, 12:59 pm	#7
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID Yes that's the Radio Peter but the Louvred effect is more obvious in the second photo [nice image] and in a scene where it's next to the woman whose sitting up in bed, giving me the impression that it was perhaps unusual or East European to match the family's origin. The father is making a feature of being able to have a "large" [especially for the time] TV screen but also the ability to disguise it to meet his wife's request. We forget, now, that this may have been an important, class based, factor in some households-like people in the UK who claimed to only watch BBC when ITV started. What I thought was maybe a Radio/RP is to the right in that second scene with the TV! I didn't mention the initial overall electronics theme re hearing aids in Ep 1 [I should have said that's the episode I'm referring to] or the radio confiscated in school by a teacher far less intelligent than his pupil. Dave Last edited by dave walsh; 2nd Jun 2019 at 1:16 pm.

2nd Jun 2019, 1:59 pm	#8
PJL Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Seaford, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 5,997	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID Definitely a Bush VHF90...https://www.radios-tv.co.uk/wp-conte...HF90-Front.JPG

2nd Jun 2019, 3:32 pm	#9
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID Good series, still available on iPlayer.

6th Jun 2019, 3:03 am	#10
petervk2mlg Heptode Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Parkes, NSW Australia Posts: 877	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID And here is the radiogram offered as a prize at the fete in episode 2. Looks like a Philips. Attached Thumbnails

6th Jun 2019, 12:55 pm	#11
music-centre Heptode Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 687	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID Yes, a Philips 654A I think - dated 1956 according to Radiomuseum Steve.

6th Jun 2019, 1:12 pm	#12
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID My wife spotted that RG at the strange Summer Fair [with only one child present] while I was starting a different recording. I'm fascinated by both the social and technical themes in this production. The audio aids/the disabled workers/ the staff locator/bleeper now attracting the interest of the Military/the intractible MI5. Poliakoff always has a very specific way of blending themes together [very much aided by the music on the soundtrack]. Sometimes it shouldn't work so well but it always does! Dave W

6th Jun 2019, 1:32 pm	#13
HamishBoxer Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK. Posts: 8,931	Re: Summer of Rockets BBC2 Set ID Very enjoyable series,keeps you looking forward to the next episode. __________________ G8JET BVWS Archivist and Member V.M.A.R.S