Hello again Whirligigers! You registered to be informed of updates to the WHIRLIGIG 1950's BRITISH TV AND RADIO NOSTALGIA site. August 2003 Newsletter. Firstly the news; and artist and TV presenter Rolf Harris is to celebrate his 50th. anniversary in television with a golden jubilee concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. The Australian star is expected to perform orchestral versions of some of his best known hits, such as Two Little Boys and Jake the Peg. The event, which will be held on 29 September and raise money for the Prince's Trust, will be shown on BBC One. Rolf said: "The show at the Royal Albert Hall will be drawn from everything I've done over the years, both musically and artistically, which will be a fantastic experience. "I can't believe how quickly the years have flown since my first television appearance here in 1953," he said. He will also draw and paint live during the concert. More information here: http://www.rolfharris.com/ David Webster who was an early Panorama producer has died aged 72. He was fortunate to have pursued a BBC career as a producer and editor in the 1950s and the 1960s when the television arm of the organisation was expanding. At the BBC, Webster first came to prominence as a globe-trotting producer on the BBC's flagship programme Panorama, at that time anchored by Richard Dimbleby and with such distinguished reporters as Robert Kee, John Morgan, Ludovic Kennedy and Robin Day. http://www.dailytelegraph.com/news/main.jhtml? &xml=/news/2003/08/19/db1902.xml Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, has announced plans to give the public full access to all the corporation's programme archives. The service, the BBC Creative Archive, is intended to be free and available to everyone, as long as they are not intending to use the material for commercial purposes. If what Mr. Dyke said is accurate and this really is FULL access, then this is extremely welcome news and I look forward to the day when we are able to browse through the archives, at our leisure, online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3177479.stm One new clip has been added and another updated on the TV site in the past month. The new one is a short audio clip of the Spinning Wheel Interlude music and the updated clip is the Horses Ploughing Interlude video clip has been enhanced with the music that should have accompanied it. http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/history/interludes.htm#Interludes The radio series Orbiter X has been promoted to its own page on the Radio site after a lot of new information in the form of an article from the Radio Times of 25th September 1959 was donated by a site visitor with an interest in the series. http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/orbiterx.htm I have also added two new 'In Town Tonight' audio clips on the Radio site. One is an example of a feature from the programme which involved Brian Johnston being shut inside a letter box at Christmas and telling the audience what is happening on the inside. The second clip is from the close of the programme and includes the famous "Carry on London!" cry. http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/intown.htm A new 'Snippet' has also been added to the radio site. The Listeners' Brains Trust was an experiment carried out in January 1943 when the original Brains Trust members were asked to submit questions to be answered by ordinary members of the public. You can read all about it here: http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/memories/snippets/index.htm That's about it, until next month! =================================================================== As usual, if you think of anything that is missing or incorrect, have any more information about the programmes featured or just want to share your memories, do drop me a line to terry@whirligig-tv.co.uk Alternatively place them on the Message Board which I monitor daily at: http://go.ezboard.com/bwhirligigtv I'll be back at the end of September with more '50s broadcasting nostalgia. Terry Guntrip (aka Mr. Turnip) http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk http://www.TurnipNet.com -------------------------------------------------------- See the "What's New" Pages at: http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/whatsnew.htm http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/whatsnew.htm with links to all new major updates or use the A TO Z SITE INDEX at: http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/siteindex http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/siteindex --------------------------------------------------------