 August 1962 highlights
1962, and BBC-tv's programmes were now being introduced with an underwhelming ident showing a static map of Britain. The first version of the famous spinning globe would not be
seen until the following year. The popular Barry Bucknell (left) showed how to remove a staircase and make a new front door in Bucknell's House. Younger viewers could enjoy helicopter adventures in Whirlybirds. And
Points of View was on air with Robert Robinson some 30 years before his namesake Anne
would introduce it. The early evening news bulletin had begun its long journey backwards from 6.00. It would
move to 5.50 later in 1962, then back to 5.55 by 1964. Henceforth it would move back five minutes at a time until reaching a 5.40 start in September 1976. A virtually pop-free zone on the BBC Light Programme - just David Gell's Pop to Bed - but there were two trips to the Radio Show.
And in Radio Times 18-24 August 1962 Price 5d  A short-lived logo style on the cover of RT in the summer of 1962. The day's listings for the three radio networks were now to be found squeezed across a double-page spread, placed immediately after the television listings for each day - a layout which prevailed until 1989.
The cover marked the National Radio Show, held at Earl's Court. These were exciting times, as Radio Times wrote: 'the green light shines for 625-line TV. Colour TV is on the way. Telstar is beckoning. The world's in our pocket - with the transistor radio. Joys, once fleeting, are now being caught for ever - on disc and tape'. Visitors to the show could now see 625-line televisions for themselves. As there were no 625-line transmissions at this time, pictures were provided by 'films, live entertainment items, films and interviews distributed from the Radio Show Control Room'. There was also a chance to see BBC-tv announcer Sheila Tracey, and Lisa Finlayson (1957's Miss Australia and BBC overseas services broadcaster) though the sound-proof windows of the Control Room. The biggest attraction, though, must have been the opportunity for visitors to walk down 'Colour Television Avenue' - 14 sets showing films coming from the BBC's Lime Grove studios. Looking at the letters page ('Points from the Post'), one reader wrote that 'the end of the world hasn't arrived yet, but it will when Your Hundred Best Tunes comes to an end'. The world ended in January 2007. 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Radio Times Covers | 
