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Points West
through the ages |
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| Hugh
Shiriff, resplendent in button hole and best BBC voice.
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From
humble beginnings in the fifties, we take a look at how Points
West has become one of the most popular regional TV shows. |
BBC Bristol
Radio Bristol
BBC Wiltshire
Radio Swindon
Radio Wiltshire
BBC Gloucestershire
Radio Gloucestershire
BBC Somerset
Somerset Sound
Have
you ever wondered
what goes on behind the cameras?
Find out in our tour of the newsroom and studios.
Eenjoy
one of our live views across the West in
our webcams section
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It
all began in 1957 with a young actress called Armine Sandford,
probably TV's first woman news reader.
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big cylindrical object in the bottom right is a microphone!
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Gradually it became less formal reflecting every aspect of regional
life. A growing team of talented reporters was getting out into
the field covering the latest news.
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| Sheila
Young and Andrew Harvey |
Many nationally-known faces began their careers here in the
West. In the early eighties the real challenge was not to look
too uncomfortable with the comfortable sofa look.
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| Graham
Purches and Sue Carpenter on the famous red sofa |
But whatever the style, playful Points West seemed larger than
life.
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| Chris
and Susan on Points West in the early 1990s |
And this look made Points West seem more like the inside of
Dr Who's Tardis.
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| The
"Tardis" set |
Today, new developments are introduced almost weekly. Pictures
and sound can be sent back to the studio live and we edit reports
digitally on computers.
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| Imogen
Sellers and Chris Vacher |
In the West newsroom we pioneered a new computer system for
the entire BBC, we were the first to provide regional subtitling,
the BBC Bristol website, and a local Ceefax text service.
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