I'm wondering if the footage
is from Out of Town. The guy looks a bit like Jack Hargreaves.
I think it used to be on Sunday mornings in the late 70's / early 80's. I was ridiculously young, but got hooked on the theme music and the peacefulness of it.
Thought I'd imagined it, until the Fast Show based Bob Fleming on it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaolgMIKIZk
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masakatsu best of all the burger meats, Wed 2 Mar 2011, 12:36,
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I really enjoyed that
and that definately has to be where the footage came from.
Unfortunately, being a mid-eightees child means that I was way to young to have enjoyed that at the time but I shall spend some time watching through these.
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I never saw that before
But that's ace.
Can someone please explain why we've gone from his style of presenting (quiet, informed and unhurried) to the current type of presenters (straight out of drama school and shit)?
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it's a shame
the emphasis has shifted from being an expert at the subject, or at least an expert at journaling the subject (with all of the critical awareness that such a task requires), to being an expert at broadcasting and being comfortable in front of a camera.
Jack Hargreaves also created How!, and was one of the founders of ITV.
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I absolutely agree
It has such a charming warmth, it's something I rather like about Brian Cox's approach to presenting, it's not much more than banter.
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