I find this article fascinating. It is virtually self-explanatory, and well worth a read.

I wonder what you think. :)



from today's Telegraph Online

As hobbies go, Keith Hamer is a master of his art. As an 11-year-old, he decided to find out what was broadcast on television in the gap between afternoon and evening programmes and settled down one day as the BBC went off air to see what happened next.


Test cards disappeared from British TV screens in 1983


When the test card appeared accompanied by its incidental music, Mr Hamer was seduced. He set up a tape recorder he had been given for his birthday and began recording the music — and didn't stop until the card was taken off air 20 years later.

As a result, he has 3,500 pieces of accompanying music and stills of every test card produced. His knowledge is so vast that the BBC consults him when making dramas set in the 1950s, 60s, or 70s, not just to get the right test card, but also the correct accompanying music.



Full Story and Pictures Here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/03/ntest03.xml)

I find this article fascinating. It is virtually self-explanatory, and well worth a read.

I wonder what you think. :)




Full Story and Pictures Here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/03/ntest03.xml)I bet he's a laff down the boozer.:loopy:

Those long winter evenings must simply fly by.

A bit sad innit..........all before the Big Bro era........which is even sadder.....that's just a "moving" Test Card. :)

I used to stare at the test card for hours as a kid, many moons ago......

I used to think the tele had broken down! :hihi: :loopy: