List of TV programs using outside broadcast (1950-90)
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This is a list of TV programs produced in the UK, made between 1950 and 1990 that utilised outside broadcast filming within their programs. This list covers a wide array of programs ranging from sitcoms, news programs, children's shows, dramas [1], sports and entertainment shows that used OB in it's entirety/ certain episodes/ series or the occasional segment when it was used instead of film which was used in most TV programs up to the end of the 1980's. [2] The table includes the program name, the various episodes/ series where OB was used, the original TV channel it first aired on and the transmission dates. [3] Also included are some stills featuring programs that were shot with OB [4], for illustration purposes.
| Program Name | Series | Channel | TX |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Good Old Days" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1953-83 |
| "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" | All episodes | ITV (ATV) | 1955-67, 1973 |
| "The Sooty Show" [F 1] | Series 15-17 | BBC1 | 1955-92 |
| "BBC News" | 1981 onwards | BBC1/2 | 1955 - Present |
| "ITN News" | 1981 onwards | ITV (All regions) | 1955 - Present |
| "This Is Your Life" | Most episodes | ITV (Thames)
BBC1 |
1955-64. 1969-2003, 2007 |
| "The Sky at Night" [F 2] | 1989 onwards | BBC1 | 1957 - Present |
| "Grandstand" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1958-2007 |
| "Blue Peter" [F 3] | 1958-87 some OB,
1988 onwards |
BBC1 | 1958 - Present |
| "Coronation Street" [F 4] | 1966-87 some OB,
1988 onwards |
ITV (Granada) | 1960 - Present |
| "Z Cars" | Final series only | BBC1 | 1962-78 |
| "Doctor Who" [F 5] | 1963-85 some OB
1986-9 |
BBC1 | 1963-89, 1996, 2005- Present |
| "A Wedding On Saturday" | TV Movie | ITV (Granada) | 1964 |
| "Match of the Day" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1964 - Present |
| "Crossroads" | 1972 onwards | ITV (ATV, Central) | 1964-88 |
| "United!" [F 6] | Some episodes | BBC1 | 1965-7 |
| "World of Sport" | All episodes | ITV (All regions) | 1965-85 |
| "Weavers Green" [F 7] | Some OB Inserts | ITV (Anglia) | 1966 |
| "Callan" | Some episodes | ITV (ABC/Thames) | 1967-72 |
| "The Big Match" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1968 - 1992 |
| "Gardener's World" [F 8] | All episodes | BBC2 | 1968 - Present |
| "The Benny Hill Show" [F 9] | Some episodes
1970-1, 1978 |
ITV (Thames) | 1969-89 |
| "The Galton & Simpson Comedy" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1969 |
| "On the Buses" | Some OB exteriors | ITV (LWT) | 1969-73 |
| "The Dustbinmen" | Series 1 only | ITV (Granada) | 1969-70 |
| "Doctor in the House" | Series 1 only | ITV (LWT) | 1969-70 |
| "For The Love Of Ada" | Some episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1970-1 |
| "Timeslip" | All Episodes | ITV (ATV) | 1970-1 |
| "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1971 |
| "The Two Ronnies" [F 10] | Some OB exteriors | BBC1 | 1971-87 |
| "Bless This House" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1971-6 |
| "Emmerdale" [F 11] | Mostly OB exteriors | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1972 - Present |
| "Upstairs Downstairs" [F 12] | Series 2-5 | ITV (LWT) | 1971-5 |
| "BBC2 Playhouse" | Some episodes | BBC2 | 1972-83 |
| "The Stone Tape" | TV Movie | BBC2 | 1972 |
| "Drive In" | Most episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1972-8 |
| "Newsround" | 1981 onwards | BBC1/2 | 1972 - Present |
| "Man About the House" | Some episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1973-6 |
| "The Tomorrow People" | Some episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1973-9 |
| "Last of the Summer Wine" | Series 13, 26-30 | BBC1 | 1973 - 2010 |
| "Second City Firsts" | Some episodes | BBC2 | 1973-8 |
| "That's Life!" | Series 22-24 | BBC2 | 1973-94 |
| "The Pallisers" [F 13] | Some OB exteriors | BBC2 | 1974 |
| "Thick as Thieves" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1974 |
| "The Love Girl and the Innocent" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1973 |
| "The Recruiting Officer" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1973 |
| "Thick as Thieves" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1974 |
| "My Name is Harry Worth" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1974 |
| "Survivors" [F 14] | Series 1 (part), 2-3 [5] | BBC1 | 1975-7 |
| "The Little Minister" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1975 |
| "Angels" | Later series | BBC1 | 1975-83 |
| "Seaside Special" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1975-9 |
| "Love’s Labour Lost" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1975 |
| "London Assurance" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1976 |
| "One Man and His Dog" | All episodes | BBC1/2 | 1976 - Present |
| "Shooting the Chandelier" | TV Movie | BBC2 | 1977 |
| "A Bunch of Fives" | All episodes | ITV (ATV) | 1977-8 |
| "Miss Jones and Son" | Series 1 | ITV (Thames) | 1977-8 |
| "Don’t Forget to Write!" | Some OB inserts | BBC2 | 1977-9 |
| "A Sharp Intake of Breath" [F 15] | Series 2-3,
S4 – Some Episodes |
ITV (ATV) | 1977-81 |
| "Top Gear" (Classic) [F 16] | Some OB exteriors
1986 onwards |
BBC2 | 1977 - 2001 |
| "Mind Your Language" | Series 4 | ITV (LWT) | 1977-86 |
| "The Morecambe and Wise Show" | Some OB exteriors | ITV (Thames) | 1978-83 |
| "Language School" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1978 |
| "The Mayor of Casterbridge" [F 17] [6] | All episodes | BBC2 | 1978 |
| "Children of the New Forest" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1978 |
| "Empire Road" | All episodes | BBC2 | 1978-9 |
| "Play Golf" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1978 |
| "Grange Hill" | Series 8-31 | BBC1 | 1978 - 2008 |
| "All Creatures Great and Small" | Series 6-7 | BBC1 | 1978-90 |
| "Bless Me Father" | Some episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1978-81 |
| "Rumpole of the Bailey" | Series 3-7 | ITV (Thames) | 1978-92 |
| "As You Like It" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1978 |
| "The One and Only Buster Barnes" | TV Movie | ITV (ATV) | 1978 |
| "The Kenny Everett Video Show" | Some episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1978-81 |
| "In Loving Memory" | Series 4-5 | ITV (Thames) | 1979-86 |
| "Henry VIII" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1979 |
| "Dick Barton: Special Agent" | All episodes | ITV (Southern) | 1979 |
| "End of Part One" | Some OB inserts | ITV (LWT) | 1979-80 |
| "Around With Alliss" | All episodes | BBC2 | 1979-86 |
| "Tales of the Unexpected" [F 18] | Most episodes | ITV (Anglia) | 1979-88 |
| "Malice Afterthought" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1979 |
| "Gentle Folk" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1979 |
| "Not the Nine O'Clock News" [F 19] | One segment
SE.4, EP.1 |
BBC2 | 1979-82 |
| "In Hiding" | TV Movie | BBC2 | 1980 |
| "Grundy" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1980 |
| "Constance Kent" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1980 |
| "Take the High Road" | Later episodes | ITV (STV) | 1980 - 2003 |
| "The Gentle Touch" | Series 3-5 | ITV (LWT) | 1980-4 |
| "Mary Blandy" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1980 |
| "Love Story" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1980 |
| "To Serve Them All My Days" [F 20] | Mostly OB exteriors | BBC1 | 1980-1 |
| "Cowboys" | Most episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1980-1 |
| "Boys, from the Blackstuff" | Most episodes | BBC2 | 1980-2 |
| "The Nightmare Man" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1981 |
| "The History Man" | Some OB inserts | BBC1 | 1981 |
| "Triangle" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1981-3 |
| "Three of a Kind" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1981-3 |
| "The Kenny Everett Television Show" | Some OB inserts | BBC1 | 1981-8 |
| "Till Death" | All episodes | ITV (ATV) | 1981 |
| "The Rose Medallion" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1981 |
| "Only Fools and Horses" [F 21] | Some OB exteriors | BBC1 | 1981 - 2003 |
| "Tenko" | Some episodes | BBC1 | 1981-5 |
| "O.T.T." | All epsidoes | ITV (Central) | 1982 |
| "The Woman in White" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1982 |
| "Anyone For Dennis" | TV Movie | ITV (Thames) | 1982 |
| "The Barchester Chronicles" | All episodes | BBC2 | 1982 |
| "The Woman in White" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1982 |
| "Live From Her Majesty’s" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1982-8 |
| "Beau Geste" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1982 |
| "The Young Ones" [F 22] | Most episodes | BBC2 | 1982-4 |
| "Allo, Allo" | Series 5,7-9 | BBC1 | 1982-92 |
| "The Bounder" | All episodes | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1982-3 |
| "Channel 4 News" | All epsidoes | Channel 4 | 1982 - Present |
| "Storyboard" | Some episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1983-9 |
| "Dramarama" | Most episodes | ITV (All regions) | 1983-9 |
| "Fraggle Rock" | All Episodes | ITV (TVS) | 1983-7 |
| "Heartattack Hotel" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1983 |
| "Johnny Jarvis" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1983 |
| "Being Normal" | TV Movie | BBC2 | 1983 |
| "Maybury" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1983 |
| "Hallelujah!" | All episodes | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1983-4 |
| "By the Sword Divided" | Series 1 | BBC1 | 1983-5 |
| "Tucker’s Luck" | Series 3 | BBC1 | 1983-5 |
| "Commander Dagliesh" | Series 1-6 | ITV (Anglia) | 1983-98 |
| "Auf Wiedershen, Pet" | Series 1-2 | ITV (Central)
BBC1 |
1983 - 2004 |
| "Al Fresco" [F 23] | All episodes | ITV (Granada) | 1983-4 |
| "The Bill" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1984 - 2010 |
| "The Box of Delights" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1984 |
| "Mitch" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1984 |
| "Tripper’s Day" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1984 |
| "Cockles" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1984 |
| "Night Train to Murder" | TV Movie | ITV (Thames) | 1984 |
| "Surprise Surprise" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1984-2015 |
| "Chance in a Million" | All episodes | Channel 4 | 1984-6 |
| "Fresh Fields" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1984-6 |
| "Travelling Man" | All episodes | ITV (Granada) | 1984-5 |
| "The Tripods" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1984-5 |
| "Ever Decreasing Circles" [F 24] | Final Episode | BBC1 | 1984-9 |
| "Blott on the Landscape" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1985 |
| "The Last Evensong" | TV Movie | BBC1 | 1985 |
| "The Pickwick Papers" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1985 |
| "Lytton's Diary" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1985-6 |
| "EastEnders" [F 25] | Most episodes | BBC1 | 1985 – Present |
| "The Trouble With T-Bag" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1985-92 |
| "Mapp & Lucia" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1985-6 |
| "Tandoori Nights" | All episodes | Channel 4 | 1985-7 |
| "Albion Market" | All episodes | ITV (Granada) | 1985-6 |
| "Casualty" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1986 – Present |
| "King and Castle" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1986-8 |
| "Unnatural Causes" | All Episodes | ITV (Central) | 1986 |
| "All Passion Spent" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1986 |
| "The Life and Loves of a She Devil" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1986 |
| "Slinger's Day" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1986-7 |
| "The Return of the Antelope" | All episodes | ITV (Granada) | 1986-8 |
| "Hot Metal" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1986-9 |
| "Boon" [F 26] | Series 4-7 | ITV (Central) | 1986-95 |
| "Naked Video" | Some OB inserts | BBC2 | 1986-91 |
| "The Two of Us" | All episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1986-90 |
| "Shadow in a Landscape" | TV Movie | ITV (Ulster) | 1987 |
| "Star Cops" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1987 |
| "Vanity Fair" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1987 |
| "Tutti Frutti" | Some episodes | BBC2 | 1987 |
| "The Charmer" | All Episodes | ITV (LWT/ Yorkshire) | 1987 |
| "ChuckleVision" [F 27] | Series 3-21 | BBC1 | 1987-2009 |
| "Watching" | Series 2-7 | ITV (Granada) | 1987-93 |
| "Valentine Park" | All episodes | ITV (Central) | 1987-9 |
| "The New Statesman" | Series 2-4 | ITV (Yorkshire)
BBC1 |
1987-94 |
| "The Lenny Henry Show" | Series 2 only | BBC1 | 1987-8 |
| "Red Dwarf" [F 28] | Series 2-12 | BBC2/ Dave | 1988 – Present |
| "Colin’s Sandwich" | All episodes | BBC2 | 1988-90 |
| "The Chronicles of Narnia" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1988-90 |
| "Rab C Nesbitt" | All episodes | BBC2 | 1988-2014 |
| "You Rang M’Lord" | Series 3-4 | BBC1 | 1988-93 |
| "Chelmsford 123" | All episodes | Channel 4 | 1988-90 |
| "Countryfile" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1988 - Present |
| "A Bit of a Do" | All episodes | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1989 |
| "Birds of a Feather" [F 29] | Series 2 - 12 | BBC1
ITV |
1989 - Present |
| "Victoria Wood" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1989 |
| "May to December" | Series 4-6 | BBC1 | 1989-94 |
| "Byker Grove" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1989 - 2006 |
| "Desmond’s" | All episodes | Channel 4 | 1989-94 |
| "French Fields" | All episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1989-91 |
| "Mr Bean" | Most Episodes | ITV (Thames/ Central) | 1990-5 |
| "Waiting For God" [F 30] | Some OB exteriors | BBC2 | 1990-4 |
| "Keeping Up Appearances" | All episodes | BBC1 | 1990-5 |
| "The Piglet Files" | All Episodes | ITV (LWT) | 1990-2 |
| "Kapatoo" | All Episodes | ITV (Tyne Tees) | 1990-2 |
| "Waterfront Beat" | All Episodes | BBC1 | 1990-1 |
| "No Job For a Lady" | All Episodes | ITV (Thames) | 1990-2 |
| "Drop the Dead Donkey" | All Episodes | Channel 4 | 1990-8 |
| "Up the Garden Path" | All Episodes | ITV (Granada) | 1990-3 |
| "The Chief" | All Episodes | ITV (Anglia) | 1990-5 |
External Links[edit]
Sources[edit]
- ↑ "www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk/a-world-away/Hampton_VT.shtml". Survivors, A World Away.
- ↑ "Video Inside, Film Outside". TV Tropes.
- ↑ "www.tvobhistory.co.uk". TV Outside Broadcast History.
- ↑ "www.vtoldboys.com/". VT Old Boys.
- ↑ "www.bbctv-lpu.co.uk/". BBCvt LPU.1.
- ↑ Keith Selby, Robert Giddings (2001). The Classic Serial on Television and Radio. Basingstoke: Palgrave. p. 33. Search this book on
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ The show transferred to a sitcom format from 1980 onwards, OB filming was used from Series 15 (1990) as well as it's subsequent series 'Sooty and Co' (1993-8).
- ↑ OB exteriors were first used in an interview with Neil Armstrong (TX: 18/11/1970).
- ↑ Most OB segments during the early years were live inserts within the program. The earliest pre-recorded insert dates from 14th October 1976.
- ↑ During the first 28 years of the program, occasional episodes had OB exteriors.
- ↑ OB filming was used for the occasional serial/ insert, starting with 'Robot' (1974-5). Commencing with Season 23, all episodes used OB exteriors.
- ↑ The first BBC drama series to use OB exteriors, all episodes are currently missing from the archives.
- ↑ The first drama series to use Outside Broadcast filming for exteriors. Due to the limitations of early OB equipment, some exteriors were shot on film.
- ↑ The first colour TV show to be filmed with OB cameras. Though some episodes from the show's early years used film inserts occasionally.
- ↑ Several episodes from the majority of the 1970-1 series and the (TX: 30/5/1978) episode utilised OB filming for exteriors, otherwise film was primarily used throughout the series' run.
- ↑ OB exteriors were used in it's entirety for the episode 'The Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery' (TX: 26/12/1973). Otherwise only the occasional episode utilised OB inserts during it's 16 year long run.
- ↑ Film was occasionally used for some inserts during the show's early years.
- ↑ Exteriors shot on film continued to be used for some location inserts after Series 2.
- ↑ Some location scenes were shot on film, due to the limitations of OB equipment at the time.
- ↑ The first six episodes of series 1 used film for outdoor sequences. All episodes following episode 7 'Starvation' used OB exteriors.
- ↑ The last two episodes of Series 4 used OB exteriors. All of Series 2&3 used OB filming as well.
- ↑ During the early years of the show, OB was limited to presentation links only, whereas film was used for the majority of inserts. The show was fully shot on video from 1986 onwards.
- ↑ The first television series to be entirely shot on location using OB cameras.
- ↑ Some episodes used OB location inserts, whilst others used film exteriors and a few were entirely shot on film.
- ↑ OB filming was used only once, for the 'Nice Video, Shame About the Song' segment in Series 4, Episode 1 (TX: 1/2/1982).
- ↑ Some location scenes were shot on film, due to the limitations of OB equipment at the time.
- ↑ OB exteriors were very occasionally used, the following episodes that utilised this include 'As One Door Closes', 'Dates', 'The Jolly Boys Outing' and 'The Sky's The Limit'.
- ↑ The first BBC sitcom series to use OB exteriors. Film was occasionally used within segments in some episodes. The only episode not to use OB exteriors was 'Nasty' (TX: 29/5/1984).
- ↑ Film was used very occasionally for some sketches.
- ↑ Some OB exteriors were used in the episode 'The Footpath' (TX: 22/11/1987).
- ↑ In the shows' early years, all location scenes shot outside the Albert Square set were shot on film.
- ↑ The series used Video (interiors) and Film (exteriors) for Series 1. Whilst Series 2-3 were entirely shot on film, and Series 4-7 were entirely shot on OB video.
- ↑ Some OB location inserts were used in Series 2.
- ↑ Series 1 was shot entirely in studio, apart from the special effects sequences which were shot on film.
- ↑ OB exteriors were first used in the Christmas special 'Sailing' (TX: 26/12/1989).
- ↑ The occasional episode from Series 2 onwards used OB exteriors for some sequences. Film was mostly used during it's run.
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