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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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charles wrote:
I was working at TV Centre that night. Yes, the Panorama ( a BBC1
programme) team went off to AP (from Lime Grove, which also lost power),
but I was not aware of any attempt to put out BBC2 on air. Not that we'd
have seen it. I also wonder if staff at KW were on site after 5pm. It
was usual to have a general exodus at that time.

I was too. On a recording of Dr Findlay's Casebook. The emergency lighting
in the studio died after a few minutes. So we retired to the club for a
pint - I think it was still daylight.

I possibly saw you there, but I think that by the time I got there the
staff had found candles. The loss of electricity also meant warm beer
since the chillers failed ;-(



After it was obvious the fault wasn't going to be sorted quickly, we made
safe in the studio by torch light and went home. Strange the way some
events stick in the mind.


We staued on for quite some time in case power was restored. By the time I
left power had returned to the south side of Goldhawk Road.

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