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br-keyline"> <h1>Flashback to the 1980s: Behind the scenes of BBC TV</h1> <p class="text--subtle milli"><time datetime="2019-04-26T09:30:00+00:00"> Friday 26 April 2019, 10:30 </time></p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20190508213616/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/24892f2e-e401-423d-8a15-dce3ca26a69a#comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20190508213616im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/24892f2e-e401-423d-8a15-dce3ca26a69a#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> <div class="description"> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p074vnv6.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p074vnv6.jpg 80w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p074vnv6.jpg 160w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p074vnv6.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p074vnv6.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p074vnv6.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p074vnv6.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p074vnv6.jpg 896w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p074vnv6.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Paul Darrow enjoys lunch during the filming of series four of cult sci-fi series Blake's Seven. The drama, created by Terry Nation, ran from 1978 to 1981 on BBC One</em></p></div> <div class="component prose"> <p><strong>Here at BBC Genome, we love to hear stories from those who worked behind-the-scenes on BBC productions. Paul Stimson is one of those. His work in the early 1980s for a car company hired by the BBC gave him an insider’s view. </strong></p> <p>"I worked for a company that supplied vehicles and drivers for hire. Most of the time we were sub-contracted to the BBC," says Paul. Paul began work making deliveries and collecting props for BBC programmes.</p> <p>He recalls that his first job was to deliver an important item for Noel Edmonds’ <a title="Multi-coloured swap shop" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=asc&q=%22multi-coloured+swap+shop%22#search" target="_blank">Multi-Coloured Swap Shop</a>. "I went all the way to Biddenden Pram Museum to pick up a wooden pram. I have no idea what they did with the pram!" Multi-Coloured Swap Shop was a children’s show that filled three hours of a Saturday morning with phone-ins, celebrity guests, cartoons and music, based around the concept of children swapping their unwanted possessions.</p> <p>Being central to the movement of props and sets meant Paul got a first-hand view of some of the era’s iconic television shows in the making. During his time working with the BBC, many memorable shows were filmed - from sitcoms such as <a title="Terry and June" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e910e0fa14234fbba91cbe2a7ef5512c" target="_blank">Terry and June</a> to more serious dramas such as the 1982 production of <a title="Baal" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8e9e4e09fbea4be2b7e39dbf78ca9791" target="_blank">Baal</a>, starring David Bowie: "the only closed set I encountered during my BBC days," he says. </p> </div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p074vhty.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p074vhty.jpg 80w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p074vhty.jpg 160w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p074vhty.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p074vhty.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p074vhty.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p074vhty.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p074vhty.jpg 896w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p074vhty.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Television props stacked in a backlot at Pinewood studios, in the early 1980s</em></p></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>As a driver, Paul also remembers meeting some notable actors and presenters; from Sir Alec Guinness (while filming for <a title="Smiley's People" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b5acd1d2a92a49f7bf57cc7e8e9c4ce4" target="_blank">Smiley’s People</a>), to Peter Davison (Dr Who), Kenny Everett, Dick Emery and the cast of sci-fi series <a title="Blake's Seven" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d70b0f93709f41729d5f7325426049dd" target="_blank">Blake’s Seven</a>, including Paul Darrow (pictured at top) who played lead character Kerr Avon. </p> <p>He recalls one occasion of working on both Doctor Who and Blake’s Seven at once. "Peter Davison hadn’t seen the set of Blake’s Seven, so I took him round… so technically Doctor Who was on Blake’s Seven!" Davison was first seen properly as the fifth Doctor on BBC One in <a title="January 1982" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b3fad07afbe548e29a51cbf61acd4fca" target="_blank">January 1982</a> (after a glimpse in <a title="Tom Baker's final episode" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a12dba4e785d464dacf9e9eddf8acd84" target="_blank">Tom Baker's final episode</a> in March 1981) not long after Blake's Seven had drawn to a close at <a title="the end of its fourth series" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d71610b9a1084bfd9ef61b99dbde244c" target="_blank">the end of its fourth series</a>. </p> <p>Paul was soon called on to do many different jobs for the BBC crews. "I would find myself on a job somewhere and the Assistant Producers recognised me and asked me to stay for the duration of the shoot - sometimes a couple of days."</p> </div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p074vgm2.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p074vgm2.jpg 80w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p074vgm2.jpg 160w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p074vgm2.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p074vgm2.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p074vgm2.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p074vgm2.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p074vgm2.jpg 896w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p074vgm2.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>The young stars of the 1982 BBC dramatisation of E. Nesbit's novel, "The Story of the Treasure Seekers"</em></p></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>Paul describes helping in many different departments – including make-up, special effects and wardrobe. "When you were pulled onto a job, you were booked for the day. If they liked you, you’d get to know the crew and they’d ask you to do lots of different things."</p> <p>Paul remembers providing the titular treasure for <a title="The Story of the Treasure Seekers" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9269a15156e14f8da30316fdc3a8dd7e" target="_blank">The Story of the Treasure Seekers</a>, an adaptation of the E. Nesbit tale, starring Maurice Denham. Six children who are attempting to restore the family's fortunes resort to digging for treasure, but a prop was needed when this scene was shot on Wimbledon Common, says Paul: "I got a 2p piece and painted it with quick drying enamel paint."</p> <p>Another highlight was providing an important wardrobe item to a classic spy drama:  "During the filming of <a title="Smiley's People" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b5acd1d2a92a49f7bf57cc7e8e9c4ce4" target="_blank">Smiley's People</a>," he recollects, "I had to cut up a new pair of slippers for Beryl Reid with a razor blade and then dirty them in the mud. She told me that she got her character from her feet upwards, so it was important that the slippers felt real."</p> </div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p074vk6s.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p074vk6s.jpg 80w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p074vk6s.jpg 160w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p074vk6s.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p074vk6s.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p074vk6s.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p074vk6s.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p074vk6s.jpg 896w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p074vk6s.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Beryl Reid (pictured here with Alec Guinness) sported very authentic footwear in the 1982 spy drama Smiley's People...</em></p></div> </div> </article> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20190508213616/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/24892f2e-e401-423d-8a15-dce3ca26a69a#comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20190508213616im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/24892f2e-e401-423d-8a15-dce3ca26a69a#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> <div class="lazy-module" data-lazyload-inc="https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/24892f2e-e401-423d-8a15-dce3ca26a69a/comments/standalone" data-lazyload-delay="true"> <div class="blogs-loading-fallback" id="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/24892f2e-e401-423d-8a15-dce3ca26a69a/comments">View the comments for this blog</a> </div> </div></div><div data-section="more-posts"> <h2>More Posts</h2> <div class="grid-wrapper component"> <div class="grid 1/3@bpw2 1/3@bpe"> <h3 class="delta no-margin">Previous</h3> </div> <div class="grid 2/3@bpw2 2/3@bpe"> <h4 class="delta no-margin"> <a data-istats-link-location="blogs_post_bottom_previous" href="/web/20190508213616/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/fe45b6f0-b1f8-4d61-9b0c-eb86879cfdae"> Muffin, Andy, Bill and Ben - Early TV Puppets </a> </h4><p class="text--subtle milli"> <time datetime="2019-03-28T14:54:00+00:00">Thursday 28 March 2019, 14:54</time> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid 1/3@bpw2 1/3@bpe"> <aside> <div data-sidebar="about" class="sidebox component br-box-subtle"> <h2 class="island--squashed br-box-highlight no-margin">About this Blog</h2> <div class="grid-wrapper"> <div class="grid 1/2@bpb2 1/2@bpw 1/1@bpw2 1/1@bpe"> <img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p02xlhwy.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p02xlhwy.jpg 80w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p02xlhwy.jpg 160w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p02xlhwy.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p02xlhwy.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p02xlhwy.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p02xlhwy.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p02xlhwy.jpg 896w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213616im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p02xlhwy.jpg 1008w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""> </div> <div class="grid 1/2@bpb2 1/2@bpw 1/1@bpw2 1/1@bpe"> <div class="island"> <p>News, highlights and banter from the team at BBC Genome – the website that shows you all the BBC’s listings between 1923 and 2009 (and tells you what was on the day you were born!) 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