Magpie - TV Camera's - Thames Television

Susan Stranks is 79 now (2018) - just doesn't seem possible, when you see her as she was in 1972. Sensationally beautiful lady.

Fascinating to get a proper look at those old TV studio cameras. Great upload, thanks.

This was Blue Peter on spliffs, all chilled out and no simple talk!

This is a children's show, and yet it carries the same information rate, tone, and delivery as some shows for adults these days. Perhaps the problem with the "dumbing down" of the world is that we insist upon speaking to our children as if they were idiots...

Twelve year old me was in love with Susan Stranks

Within a decade, portable home video cameras were a thing - seems hard to believe this was cutting edge technology as an iPhone can record video (not to tape, of course) from the palm of your hand. I just add that the video quality of this clip from 1972 is very good...well done!!

Wouldn't get this on kids TV these days. Excellent clip

And I'm watching this on an iPhone. Ahh technology.

Mick also did a show called Freetime after Magpie ended

An EMI 2001 which is the one shown was powered up a few years ago and still worked !!!

Maybe I'm the only one that thinks this... but the image look of those 70's and 80's (even 90's) cameras were more interesting and fascinating to watch on tv shows and movies than today's modern professional cameras. I'm surprised that with all the technology that we have in 2021 we can't imitate and recreate this same type of film look. Yes, we can try to use filters and do software gymnastics but we can never truly get there 100% percent. The 70's and 80's film look in my opinion it's a magical imaginative look... that captivates a certain emotion and feeling... that other modern looks don't evoke. It's amazing to me that our consumer cameras and iPhones (even pro cameras) with today's technology, can't give us this lost visual art with 100% accuracy. Yes is possible, but you have to work extremely hard to get it just right. My point is that this is not easily available in today's modern era. Such a beautiful fascinating 70's, 80's, 90's film look should be easily available to everybody.

Amazing tech for its time, but now we can do this on our phones and laptops. I know that progress is inevitable but I much prefer these times. We had three really good tv channels, regional tv that served your region and really cared, and the excitement of early video recorders and CEEFAX/ORACLE.

What 35mm cameras were used in those days by Thames? I know the Arriflex 16BL's were the king of the hill for 16mm filming (notably with Benny Hill). I presume Hill's show occasionally used the Philips LDK-13's in certain scenes of certain sketches? * EDIT: From some pics I saw, especially in 1973-74, Hill was using Arriflex' 35 IIC, as it appears three shows in that series had their filmed inserts at 35mm rather than 16mm. ** I seem to have noticed the Philips LDK-13 in use in the final shot of the "Mervyn Cruddy, Spy Catcher" sketch from Feb. 7, 1974, based on the pic quality and camera movements.

Phwoar, what a smashing bird!

Magpie was like Blue Peter for cool kids

This was very cutting edge technology for 1972, although it certainly wouldn't take a couple of days for the film to be processed! more like an hour or so.

Great stuff.

No steadycam back then, just skill. Rolie won a bafta for his camera work.

This must be about 1974, 1975, because electronic newsgathering cameras came in in the early 80s and replaced film in newsgathering

@thamesTv do you know the model of the 3rd camera, the one Dave is using? Thank you.