Nothing to do with the Stag or Triumph however it does I feel reflect the state of this country.
I watched the last broadcast from BBC TV centre it brought back many happy memories of working at the "doughnut", remember once it is gone it can never be replaced we just could not afford to build a centrer like that ever again.
All of the broadcasters, programmes and Stars were celebrated but the one main point that has been lost and seemingly forgotten is the BBC's engineering department.
It has worked in the background producing the cutting edge engineering that was required to make the BBC and virtually all British television and radio broadcast the best in the world.
The feat's of engineering that have been produced by the BBC over the years is just amazing and the main point of all of this has been quality. No matter what they were involved in quality has been the key to it all.
When you start to look into what they and others in British broadcasting have given to the world it is humbling to think of their achievements.
As a contractor I worked in BBC TV centre I also worked for the IBA which also had a brilliant design, development and research department, so many things that we now take for granted and probably don't even realise were created by our engineers.
So lets hear it for the engineers that made the UK great bring back proper apprenticeships train our people to be real engineers and value them.
I was reminded recently that when, in the past you applied for a passport you needed someone of standing within your community to countersign you passport application that generally fell to 4 people. The local vicar, the local Policeman an engineer or a senior teacher so what has happened to our society?
OK rant over.
Long live TV centre.
Paul.
I watched the last broadcast from BBC TV centre it brought back many happy memories of working at the "doughnut", remember once it is gone it can never be replaced we just could not afford to build a centrer like that ever again.
All of the broadcasters, programmes and Stars were celebrated but the one main point that has been lost and seemingly forgotten is the BBC's engineering department.
It has worked in the background producing the cutting edge engineering that was required to make the BBC and virtually all British television and radio broadcast the best in the world.
The feat's of engineering that have been produced by the BBC over the years is just amazing and the main point of all of this has been quality. No matter what they were involved in quality has been the key to it all.
When you start to look into what they and others in British broadcasting have given to the world it is humbling to think of their achievements.
As a contractor I worked in BBC TV centre I also worked for the IBA which also had a brilliant design, development and research department, so many things that we now take for granted and probably don't even realise were created by our engineers.
So lets hear it for the engineers that made the UK great bring back proper apprenticeships train our people to be real engineers and value them.
I was reminded recently that when, in the past you applied for a passport you needed someone of standing within your community to countersign you passport application that generally fell to 4 people. The local vicar, the local Policeman an engineer or a senior teacher so what has happened to our society?
OK rant over.
Long live TV centre.
Paul.
I trust her
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