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17th Sep 2018, 7:10 pm | #1 |
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Emley Moor Tower.
On tonight, "Emley Moor tower" at 8pm BBC2, as part of "Monkman and Seagulls's Genius Guide to Britain"
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17th Sep 2018, 8:46 pm | #2 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
Unfortunately a very disappointing program that majors on their banter whilst driving from one location to the next and has the most minimal information or history of the sites visited.
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17th Sep 2018, 8:47 pm | #3 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
Yes, very disappointing. I'm sorry to have bothered you all with this.
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17th Sep 2018, 8:58 pm | #4 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
Hey, don't start taking responsibility for TV; the next time you spot something in the schedules, it might be great
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17th Sep 2018, 9:36 pm | #5 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
Been on the ride at Blackpool, been up the lift at Emley Moor, been in the dish at Jodrell Bank!
Thanks Richard, I would have missed this if you hadn't posted.
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17th Sep 2018, 10:32 pm | #6 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
Did you notice that the rocket ride was by Hiram Maxim father of Hiram Percy Maxim, founder of the ARRL?
I think the ride was made for a large exhibition, then sold to Blackpool South shore. David
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18th Sep 2018, 1:31 pm | #7 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
It could have been so much more, but very little was said about anything and I think the size of the Jodrell Bank dish would really be obviously large without their fun and games. Thank you for the mention though as there are gems out there. What is really needed is a nerds channel lol Comeback Adam Hart-Davis and your bicycle!
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18th Sep 2018, 2:28 pm | #8 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
Todays Lucy Mangan review in the Guardian sums it up beautifully but she was quite gentle really. Too many silly c-beebies or awkward bits, the lawn mower got about two seconds and the two presenters in a phone box, for just that bit too long, was really excruciating. It was either bad production and editing or maybe it just didn't work. The piece to camera in the Jodrell bowl was the best item and I've seen quite a bit of JB footage in the past. I don't think a "full on" nerdy approach would have worked either, it's a difficult balance. I'll watch the rest though...just in case!
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18th Sep 2018, 3:02 pm | #9 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
I could tell it was a bit "light" at the start from the Simon Callow narrative (I think that was the best bit) Mark Evans* would have done a much much better job and probably a whole interesting programme for each of the items bar the 'phone box museum.
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18th Sep 2018, 6:02 pm | #10 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
As an alternative (something completely different) you may be interested in this interview by the girl who featured in Test Card F (Carole Hersee): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIMuUIrXs5I
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18th Sep 2018, 7:40 pm | #11 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
Yes an interstesting pleasant few minutes. I wondered for years who she was.
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19th Sep 2018, 7:24 am | #12 | |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
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16th Nov 2018, 5:35 pm | #13 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
I suppose a number of Forum members saw the One Show piece last night re the Extra TX Tower Installation. I only did because I recorded Jeff Goldbloum. [I bought the CD last week after hearing it in Fopp. All a bit middle of the road but the band with organist and trumpeter, on the recording, is extraordinary-recommended]. The E M piece was ok apart from the presenter. Typically the questions an average viewer might have asked were not addressed ie how did viewers manage until the concrete tower was built [a spare mast shipped in from Winter Hill I believe] and what's to stop the new one freezing up?
A "Journalist" reporting the record price of a Hockney painting on Radio 4 this morning failed to actually name it. The only thing he needed to do really Dave |
16th Nov 2018, 5:54 pm | #14 | |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
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16th Nov 2018, 6:03 pm | #15 |
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Re: Emley Moor Tower.
Yes my daughter was laughing as I was shouting at the Radio "Is it A Bigger Splash"? As you say it wasn't! They did much better at 1pm Now if it was sport!
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16th Nov 2018, 7:19 pm | #16 |
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£17k was more than ten times the average annual salary at the time, so he didn't do too badly out of it!
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