In their own words

In this selection of recordings, staff members from all departments of Yorkshire Television reflect on their early days at the Leeds-based station.

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GRAHAM IRONSIDE
Assistant news editor 1968
1. Setting up Calendar
2. Technical problems

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TERRY MOUNSEY
Cameraman 1968
1. Calendar's opening night
2. Dramas and Jess Yates

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KEITH COPPOCK
VTR technician 1968
1. Building a TV aged 14
2. Two-inch tape editing

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BRIAN COOKE
Post Boy 1968
1. Breakfast TV and science programmes 
2. Early memories and countdown clock

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DUNCAN DALLAS
Director 1968
1. How science came about
2. Thatcher and the unions

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CHARLIE FLYNN
Cameraman 1968
1. Shooting on film
2. The YTV unions

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PAUL DUNSTAN
Reporter and newsreader 1968
1. Unusual job interview
2. YTV helicopter   

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STUART WILSON
Assistant Managing Director 1968
1. Winning the franchise
2. Baverstock and Peter Willes

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DAVID SUMNER
General Manager 1968
1. Setting up the station
2. Success of the franchise

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STEVE GANNON
 Post Boy 1968
1. How he got the job
2. London editing

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STEVE FAIRHOLME
 Post Boy 1968
 1. First job and social activities
 2. Mast collapse and disputes

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JOHN SMITH and GRAHAM JEFFREY
OB Unit and Cameraman 1968
1. Manchester              before YTV
2.Unions and management

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JOHN EAVES
Trainee film cutter 1970
1. Career opportunities
2. Overtime rates

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VAL BEMAN
Lived on the site of YTV in early 1960s
1. What the area was like before YTV               2. First job at YTV

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