TV continuity chaps
Discussion
I ditinctly remember back in the early days of channel 5 (Before it was "five" and all classy) the announcer saying:
"now in the late night movie, two sisters find themselves on opposite sides of the law when -oh who cares about the plot? Because we've given this an A rating!"
[for adult content rather than A for quality]
And seeing as we were fifteen at the time, he was right!
"now in the late night movie, two sisters find themselves on opposite sides of the law when -oh who cares about the plot? Because we've given this an A rating!"
[for adult content rather than A for quality]
And seeing as we were fifteen at the time, he was right!
In the early days of MTV, all the links were prerecorded and all the tapes were played in by a transmission controller (Like a TV DJ but having to stick to a script).
We used to rock up from a night out in Camden and go see our transmission mates and play in the tapes of what we wanted to see whilst knocking back the beers and having a smoke.
Prerecorded announcer would announce 3 pop songs but our choice of Death Metal would be played out. No one ever rang in and complained
We used to rock up from a night out in Camden and go see our transmission mates and play in the tapes of what we wanted to see whilst knocking back the beers and having a smoke.
Prerecorded announcer would announce 3 pop songs but our choice of Death Metal would be played out. No one ever rang in and complained
I have been in the room at TV Centre where they do (did?) this. IIRC there was a booth for BBC1 and a booth for BBC2. Live on BBC1 and 2, ITV and CH4.
Not sure about Ch5
Used to be "in vision" on ITV in the 80s (anyone in the Midlands remember Stuart White, Gary Terzza (now Ch4) and (the now late) Mike Purcell?)
In the late 90s/early 00s, Ch4 went full circle, and put the announcers back in vision... But not in a formal 'studio' set, but sat at their 'self-op' studio mixing desks. But these were recorded for some of the late night announcements, as I was once sat in the pub with Gary Terzza whilst he was appearing on the tv in the corner of the pub, announcing an episode of Big Brother...
Most digital/satellite channels are pre-recorded, and automatically dropped in at the end of programmes. Which doesn't always work properly (How many times have you seen a programme end, hear the music on the programme dip, as if to allow a voiceover to appear... But no voiceover appears!)
A friend of mine used to work for three of the music channels.... She worked one day a week, and provided v/o's for a week's worth of eight hour a day programmes on three different channels (Heat, Magic and VH1 if memory serves me right)
Once channels started to broadcast from digital media (file based rather than tape based) then the Voiceover work dried up, as they could get a chap or chappess in for one day's session, and record a week's worth of announcements. (Saved them a fortune in fees!)
Not sure about Ch5
Used to be "in vision" on ITV in the 80s (anyone in the Midlands remember Stuart White, Gary Terzza (now Ch4) and (the now late) Mike Purcell?)
In the late 90s/early 00s, Ch4 went full circle, and put the announcers back in vision... But not in a formal 'studio' set, but sat at their 'self-op' studio mixing desks. But these were recorded for some of the late night announcements, as I was once sat in the pub with Gary Terzza whilst he was appearing on the tv in the corner of the pub, announcing an episode of Big Brother...
Most digital/satellite channels are pre-recorded, and automatically dropped in at the end of programmes. Which doesn't always work properly (How many times have you seen a programme end, hear the music on the programme dip, as if to allow a voiceover to appear... But no voiceover appears!)
A friend of mine used to work for three of the music channels.... She worked one day a week, and provided v/o's for a week's worth of eight hour a day programmes on three different channels (Heat, Magic and VH1 if memory serves me right)
Once channels started to broadcast from digital media (file based rather than tape based) then the Voiceover work dried up, as they could get a chap or chappess in for one day's session, and record a week's worth of announcements. (Saved them a fortune in fees!)
shirt said:
mattdaniels said:
My friend is a continuity announcer, on BBC1 and BBC2. It's live.
edit - oh and she's a "chappess" not a "chap".
please tell me she's the one with the husky voice. edit - oh and she's a "chappess" not a "chap".
Edited by mattdaniels on Sunday 9th October 10:15
Lynsey Young. Nice girl.
Mojooo said:
weyland yutani said:
On the BBC they always seem to fluff their lines. Their one job is to read a couple of short lines and they cant even get that right lol All this deadwood yet they cut F1 
Pressures on - everyone is listening to find out what is on next...
On Radio 4 the continuity used to be provided - maybe still is - by the news readers. One evening, in a five minute news round up, the chap started to fluff his lines in a most peculiar way. He would read sections of news with the normal Radio 4 delivery, but it was nonsense. I really felt for him, having a disaster of that scale in front of the nation. He then apologised and said he had better stop and the sound cut to a programme trailer. In the paper the following day it transpired the poor guy had a migraine and the words on the script had been jumping about in front of his eyes.
I've never heard it mentioned subsequently but I imagine it's in the BBC book of knowing when to give up a broadcast.
I've never heard it mentioned subsequently but I imagine it's in the BBC book of knowing when to give up a broadcast.
shirt said:
mattdaniels said:
shirt said:
lovely husky voice, prob a 20stone heffer, right?
err no, slim good looking blonde. Genuinely v.nice girl. i will refrain from asking for pics, but will request that you ask her to give me a call
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