UK heads-up : BBC4 March 27th, 9pm
#1
Posted 10 March 2011 - 21:48
I think they were interested in the early 60's through to the late 70's, but don't quote me on that one! If I hear any more on the subject I'll let you know.
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#2
Posted 11 March 2011 - 16:58
I've just been informed today that the next documentary by the same team that brought you the 1955 Le Mans programme last year is now ready and will air on BBC4 on the 27th March. Unfortunately, they haven't supplied me with a title !! However, when I was supplying them with some library footage last year, they told me the subject matter was 'safety in Formula 1'.
I think they were interested in the early 60's through to the late 70's, but don't quote me on that one! If I hear any more on the subject I'll let you know.
I believe some of my photos might appear.
I did voice the opinion that some of us might not want to watch footage of certain accidents again, but I think to no avail.
#3
Posted 11 March 2011 - 18:42
#4
Posted 12 March 2011 - 07:16
There is still room for improvement now in safety we have been relatively lucky fatalities and severe injuries have been few in the last decade or so. But accidents such as that which happened to Henry Surtees show that there is no room for complacency.
#5
Posted 16 March 2011 - 13:31
However, when I was supplying them with some library footage last year, they told me the subject matter was 'safety in Formula 1'.
Sounds like the usual TV documentary switch-selling to me. "The Killer Years" is the title of a hatchet job with gratuitous film clips of carnage, not of a "safety in Formula 1" programme.BBC Four - 27th March
20:00 - Plus ca change: Formula One's 60th Anniversary
21:00 - Grand Prix: The Killer Years
When Channel 4 was making a documentary about the de Havilland Comet they got contributions from many of those involved who thought they were taking part in a celebration of the aeroplane's achievements. What was made was a hatchet job in which the designers and the company were accused of everything the makers could think of that might have happened, had the people involved been ignorant and unscrupulous.
Page 4 of this document shows what the Broadcasting Standards made of it.
#6
Posted 21 August 2011 - 22:40