Ken Griffin

Chairperson of Save Havelock House. Television historian, archivist, former journalist.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@la_riviere Contact the @BFI. They're the experts.

[archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71]

The first episode of The Feathered Serpent was broadcast on this day in 1976. An everyday children's drama about skullduggery, murder and ritual sacrifice in Ancient Mexico, it was written by John Kane and starred Patrick Troughton and Diane Keen.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@heidfeldmafia I sat through them all. There were fewer overtakes but genuine driving skill was required. You had to push your rival into a mistake or outwit them on strategy.

Front-running cars rarely cruised up from the back. They'd encounter someone who'd fight to keep them behind.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@la_riviere @PaulVanezis I suspect UTV might be an outlier. It had very limited access to telerecording facilities.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@la_riviere @PaulVanezis Most UTV telerecordings don't have answer prints. They were made for internal use and the negatives were left uncut. The cutting copies were used as viewing prints.

The rest would have had answer prints, which might be the surviving positives. The cutting copies weren't kept.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@la_riviere @PaulVanezis The goal wasn't to edit. It was to check the technical quality of the telerecording.

What happened afterwards probably varied. The BBC appear to disposed of their ones. At the other extreme, Ulster TV generally retained its cutting copies in its archive.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@la_riviere @PaulVanezis It would be for bad videotape offlocks and severe visual disturbances. The threshold for editing was usually high though.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@RichardLatto I wish that the BBC would do something with Steptoe and Son. The current masters are very poor and I believe are missing some footage.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@NewsLetter_Pols @StephenNolan There will be no detail because the fact is that the proposition only works from a financial perspective if free GP care ends for the majority of the population.

It would also have financial benefits for BMA members but I'm sure that isn't their motivation.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@AlanStout19 @mlchealth The medical card model would work identically to the current system if everyone had coverage.

It only constrains demand and benefits your members financially if most patients lose free GP care.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@AlanStout19 Their medical card scheme is based on a sizeable portion of patients paying for their GP appointments. You can't say adopt their scheme without acknowledging that fact.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

My view: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[Órfhlaith Begley @OrfhlaithBegley]

It’s time for the Irish government to establish an Irish passport office in the north.

More than 120,000 applications for passports were made from the north in 2024.

The growing demand for Irish citizenship in the north points to the urgent need for a passport office here.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@ItisDiane The bile towards Humphreys was minimal - one newspaper hack and a few online trolls. She didn't lose because of her Protestantism - she was a poor candidate.

Most Unionist commentary on her loss reflects how out of touch they've become with the situation in the South.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@TeamUnion_UK @Streakyblue1951 The inauguration date is set by the Irish constitution. It ended up on November 11th because of Mary Robinson's resignation in 1997. It can't move unless someone resigns or dies in office.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

Stuck in Ulster Hospital A&E, which is so busy that people with heart disease presenting with chest pain are a low priority. 🤔

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@RobbieButlerMLA You do realise that not all Protestants in The Republic are Unionists? Some are nationalists and some don't care either way.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

Sectarian dogwhistler says he didn't whistle while equating border Protestants with hardline loyalists.

Plus more references to the Ulster Covenent, raising the question of many generations must pass before Protestants are fit for office?

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@JohnEdwardLee @IrishMailSunday What a hot exclusive! A border Protestant with links to the Orange Order. You'll be telling us that the Pope is Catholic next.

This is seriously sectarian stuff that I had hoped we had moved away from long ago.

[Ken Griffin @kensgriffin]

@FP1Will It's good to know that Zak Brown is there to pick up his bottles.