Figure 1
Reunited BBC OB crew.
Figure 2
ADAPT’s OB Simulation filmed in northern Wales.
Figure 3
Reunited 16mm film crew take part in simulation filming in the grounds of Royal Holloway.
Video 1
The team of OB sound operators are reunited with the mixing desk used throughout their careers. Here they discuss their approach to the production of ADAPT’s OB simulation.
Figure 4
Analogue OB Sound desk within the original Type 2 scanner.
Figure 5
Ken Osbourn and Doug Whittaker work over the patch bay used to connect the numerous inputs and output within the OB scanner.
Video 2
Ken Osbourn and Doug Whittaker discuss the role of communications in an OB shoot.
Video 3
1970s OB transmission process.
Video 4
Doug Whittaker and his team discuss the setup required to provide a “darts type atmosphere” for viewers at home.
Video 5
Ken Osbourn demonstrates the use of miniature microphones to record effects as used in the 1970s.