Tim Emblem - England
Interview date(s): 21 May 2018
Interviewer(s): Paul Frith, Carolyn Rickards
Production Media: video
Duration (mins): 109
Access Restriction: Any reuse of Eastman Colour Project interviews must be cleared with interviewee
Archive Telecine Specialist
BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd
Dates EmployedSep 1981 – Apr 2016
Employment Duration 34 yrs 8 months
Location BBC TV Centre, Lime Grove Studios, South Ruislip
I joined the BBC in 1981 as a Technical Assistant, qualifying as a Broadcast Engineer in 1984. I have always worked with film, telecine and telerecording. I was the BBC's last ever telerecording engineer until the operation closed in 1995. Since 1998 I have specialised in archive telecine work until the closure of BBC S&PP Digital Media Services in April 2016
Company Director and Archive Telecine Specialist
Dates EmployedApr 2016 – Present
Employment Duration 4 yrs 11 months
Location Cannon House, Royal Arsenal Riverside, Woolwich, London SE18 6LB
Following my "retirement" from the BBC, The Flying Spot is my new company formed to enable me to continue my craft of archive and small-format telecine work. I have acquired all my old equipment from the BBC to offer much the same service as I did under the BBC banner. Accommodation and fit-out works are now completed and The Flying Spot is open for business (July 2016).
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