Comments on: It’s a race against time https://abcatlarge.co.uk/its-a-race-against-time/ ABC, your weekend TV in the North and Midlands 1956-1968 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kif Bowden-Smith https://abcatlarge.co.uk/its-a-race-against-time/#comment-29 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:18:50 +0000 http://abcatlarge.co.uk/?p=894#comment-29 In reply to Kif Bowden-Smith.

TWW made a speciality of mateur swimming coverage in the early sixties , I recall.

]]> By: Kif Bowden-Smith https://abcatlarge.co.uk/its-a-race-against-time/#comment-28 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:16:54 +0000 http://abcatlarge.co.uk/?p=894#comment-28 Rediffusion provided the cameras and OB units for many race meetings outside their own area as they had a specialist team that concentrated on racing productions on behalf of the network. This was not automatic but often happened, with one or more companies paying a specific company to mount an OB for them. There were other such specialities too, with Granada covering much cricket, ATV & ABC much football (though certainly not all), and ABC most of the wrestling. These specialisms cut costs despite more mileage for the OB vans. ATV even had a special OB “frontcap” … “ATV PRESENTS” , for away games, cutting out confusing references to Midlands or London, which might muddle the viewer. In this 1965 York Races instance the “frontcap” was static and read “Rediffusion presents” rather than the more familiar “Rediffusion London”. Granada would have paid part of the costs, as local company. (No specific Yorkshire bsed contractor then).

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