Activists invade BBC Six O’Clock News studio | BBC1 | 23rd May 1988
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2023
- Activists invade BBC Six O’Clock News studio on 23rd May 1988 - LGB rights campaigners somehow found their way to the News studio on the 6th floor of BBC Television Centre.
A viewing copy of the bulletin was always recorded onto VHS with 'talkback' audio - the verbal instructions given by the director.
This clip has talkback audio on the LEFT channel and broadcast audio on the RIGHT channel.
Presenters: Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell
For more context on the protest watch these videos:
(1) When lesbian activists invaded BBC TV news broadcast - BBC Stories
• When lesbian activists...
(2) Real Lives Reunited 1988 lesbians on 6pm News BBC1
• Real Lives Reunited ...
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For more context on the protest watch these videos:
(1) When lesbian activists invaded BBC TV news broadcast - BBC Stories
ruclips.net/video/wZdpNjJakiI/видео.html
(2) Real Lives Reunited 1988 lesbians on 6pm News BBC1
ruclips.net/video/n4Ls-Kmmiyk/видео.html
Based countdown clock AND talkback audio!
Absolutely subbed, my friend.
Never heard a clean version of this incident, very interesting to see how they all just pushed on with it.
Xbox Live Chat ahh talkback 💀😭
Great clip. Thanks. Do you have the full bulletin to upload with talkback? It would be very interesting
No, sadly that’s the only snippet I’ve got. I would like to see if they mentioned the invaders at the end of the bulletin.
Thanks for the great video, was very interesting to see how the directors responded to the situation. Strange about the exclusion of the T in LGBT though.
This was 1988. The acronym at that time was LGB. Also, the ‘credit’ for the protest goes to a group of plucky lesbians who were highlighting government legislation about “gay lifestyles”.
The law, section 28, expressly banned 'promotion' of 'homosexual lifestyles' - it did not include transgender weirdly, and the acronym at the time was LGB, all the rest of the alphabet was bolted on as time went on.
what "animate charisma (?)" does mean?
I think it’s the brand name of a gizmo they had that could animate things on the screen. When the director says “animate Charisma” someone else would press a button to animate the next item in the Charisma running order.
Charisma was a digital special effects system made by a now defunct company called Questech. It was similar to the much more well-known Quantel which was often used to change the screen into a spinning shape, such as ball or a cup, and often seen on TOTP and Saturday Live. ‘Animate Charisma’ was the cue instruction to use it.
If you could possibly ignore the background news...
I remember the newspapers the next day quoting her as saying “ignore the background noise” which I think was what she was trying to say. But it was literally news going on in the background!
That director sounds a complete unprofessional arse!
His choice of language is not ideal but I’m inclined to be lenient because it was a stressful situation. Shouting at colleagues is more of a no-no these days too.
Weirdly that's the kind of person you need to run a stressful live operation, especially in this kind of situation!