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David_Robinson · 11th Mar 2007, 11:59 am

A colleague who worked for ATV at the Elstree studios related the story of an engineer who religiously listened to 'The Archers' every lunchtime on an old valve radio. By means of some engineering involving a concealed tape recorder and presumably the gram input of the radio, they conspired to play him the same episode every day. He put up with this for several days before ringing the BBC to complain. The alleged reply was 'well, the episodes do sound quite similar Sir...'.

11th Mar 2007, 11:59 am	#11
David_Robinson Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 94	Re: Humour in the TV trade. A colleague who worked for ATV at the Elstree studios related the story of an engineer who religiously listened to 'The Archers' every lunchtime on an old valve radio. By means of some engineering involving a concealed tape recorder and presumably the gram input of the radio, they conspired to play him the same episode every day. He put up with this for several days before ringing the BBC to complain. The alleged reply was 'well, the episodes do sound quite similar Sir...'.