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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.

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

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

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

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

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


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


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

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


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

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

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