TV Outside Broadcast History
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  • WHEN
    • BBC 1937 -1939
    • 75 Years Televising The Boat Race
    • The 1948 Olympics
    • The Coronation 1953
    • The Royal Wedding 2011
  • Who
    • Peter Dimmock
    • Dennis Montague
    • Don Mackay
    • Mark Vesey
  • How
    • BBC MCRs - B & W
    • BBC CMCRs - Colour
    • BBC Northern Ireland
    • BBC Scotland
    • BBC Wales
    • ITV OB Units
    • ITV OBs 2
  • Gallery
    • ATV OB's
    • INTERTEL
    • BBC OB's
  • Programmes
    • 1937 to 1939
  • Preservation
    • BBC MCR 21
    • BBC Marconi Unit
    • BBC North 3
    • Southern TV OB
    • Yorkshire/Tyne Tees TV OB
    • BBC LPU 1
    • BBC Type 5
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Here are some links to some very good websites for those who wish to look a bit further into
the history of television outside broadcasts




The MCR21 Project

Follow the restoration of a 1960s BBC TV Mobile Control Room and discover its history
BBC MCR 21

The Museum of the Broadcast  Television Camera

A brilliant site for finding out about the cameras used on outside broadcasts.
Museum of Cameras
Golden Age Television


You can hire a 1950s camera or a complete 1970s Outside Broadcast Unit
Golden Age TV
On The Air


Lots here about renovating a BBC Type-2 Outside Broadcast Unit
On The Air
TV Studio History

A nearly complete history of Television Studios in London and beyond
TV STUDIO HISTORY
VT Old Boys

Includes many photos of TV outside broadcasts
VToldboys
BBC ExComms


You will find Ron Chown's story here . Working on BBC outside broadcasts from the post war years.
BBC ExComms
BECG

The Broadcast Engineering Conservation Group has, and is continuing to, restore a number of TV  Mobile Control Rooms - The website contains lots of information about the vehicles and many articles on the history of broadcast television
BECG
LPU


The Lightweight Production Unit was designed as a 2-camera recording unit and used by the BBC on dramas in the 1970s and 80s. It is  presently under restoration.
LPU
ADAPT PROJECT

The Royal Holloway, London University is undergoing a three year project, bringing people who worked in broadcast television, back to work on the equipment they used and recording their experience.The latest part of the project involved BBC type 2 OB North 3
Adapt - North 3
BBC TYPE 5 OB

J
ohn Stevens takes you on a tour inside a 1980s BBC colour mobile control room

BBC TV CMCR LO5
BBC TV OB Photos

John Stevens has put together his collection of photos
BBC TV OB Photos
  • HOME
  • WHEN
    • BBC 1937 -1939
    • 75 Years Televising The Boat Race
    • The 1948 Olympics
    • The Coronation 1953
    • The Royal Wedding 2011
  • Who
    • Peter Dimmock
    • Dennis Montague
    • Don Mackay
    • Mark Vesey
  • How
    • BBC MCRs - B & W
    • BBC CMCRs - Colour
    • BBC Northern Ireland
    • BBC Scotland
    • BBC Wales
    • ITV OB Units
    • ITV OBs 2
  • Gallery
    • ATV OB's
    • INTERTEL
    • BBC OB's
  • Programmes
    • 1937 to 1939
  • Preservation
    • BBC MCR 21
    • BBC Marconi Unit
    • BBC North 3
    • Southern TV OB
    • Yorkshire/Tyne Tees TV OB
    • BBC LPU 1
    • BBC Type 5
  • LINKS
  • VIDEOS
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT