One day this will not be a view I will ever see again. The pictures on the wall are actually front covers of the Radio times going back to the 1960's. For years each time the BBC's Natural History Unit had one of their programmes on the front cover, a framed copy was delivered to the head of the Unit; Small inscriptions lie beneath the cover - presented to John Sparkes, presented to Alastair Fothergill, These were the golden years of the Natural history unit when their programmes took the listner to places that most people had never been to, nor had the opportunity to. Life on Earth, Wildlife on One, Natural World, Private Life of Plants, Flight of the Condor, these ground breaking series flooded out of Bristol. It's why I'm here having seen an advert to work here, and I arrived just as Life in the Freezer hit the airwaves. A long time ago now.
For years these framed gems lined the corridor of the BBC Buildings where the NHU central hub lived, they were impossible to miss. Then around 10 years ago the NHU moved into the newer part of the site, with few walls. Thus these historical artifacts were unceremoniously moved to the BBC Club in Bristol as a backdrop to the games table. Where they remain to this day. For how long they'll remain there before they're seen as old fashioned, I don't know. And one day I'll not be here either to remember those nuggets of excellence on the BBC. Tempest fugit.
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