Thread: Rank Cintel TK
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Old 15th Sep 2020, 7:48 pm   #30
Philco-Pete
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Default Re: Rank Cintel TK

My first BBC posting was in TK at TV Centre, Jan 1979. There were a lot of MkIIs( both 16 & 35mm) as well as a couple of 16mm polygon machines - IIRC TK36 was one of these. These were of course able to run variable speed and had a prominent Scan Reverse switch to allow backwards viewing. This sticks in my mind as one of my pals managed to forget to reset the switch after rehearsal and subsequently transmitted the “Tomorrow’s World” title sequence backwards and upside down
Back on topic I also fondly remember playing Gloria Gaynor’s “I will survive” from a MKII into TOTP on seemingly endless occasions. The first time I was live on air was with a 35 mm MKII.
Don’t think there were any MK1 machines left by the time I was there.
Long time ago but happy times🙂

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