Gavin
@rollvt.bsky.social
Principal Video Engineer at Warner Bros. Discovery, (previously BT Sport, BBC, Ulster Television and OBs - been making telly happen for 35+ years), RTS & SMPTE member, Alfa Romeo owner. Views mine & no one else’s!
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Lowkey staff Xmas party…
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Lowkey staff Xmas party…
Can’t beat a bit of Lieutenant Columbo on a rainy Sunday afternoon - especially when it’s one of my absolute favourite episodes!
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Can’t beat a bit of Lieutenant Columbo on a rainy Sunday afternoon - especially when it’s one of my absolute favourite episodes!
That was a most excellent evening’s entertainment!
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
That was a most excellent evening’s entertainment!
Xmas movie season is opening with this absolute classic…
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Xmas movie season is opening with this absolute classic…
Part 2 of my wax museum visit…
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Part 2 of my wax museum visit…
Visited a wax museum earlier - part 1…
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Visited a wax museum earlier - part 1…
Site of the original Windmill Lane studios in Dublin.. some incredible music was recorded there. They had a small television studio too & I worked there a few times in the early 90s, as it was one of the few places in Dublin apart from RTÉ that had circuits to the world. Magical place!
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Site of the original Windmill Lane studios in Dublin.. some incredible music was recorded there. They had a small television studio too & I worked there a few times in the early 90s, as it was one of the few places in Dublin apart from RTÉ that had circuits to the world. Magical place!
No more UEFA football for us on TNT Sports after the end of the 26/27 season..
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
No more UEFA football for us on TNT Sports after the end of the 26/27 season..
Back on the island again…
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Back on the island again…
Wednesday Night At The Palladium.. off back to that London to see this!
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Wednesday Night At The Palladium.. off back to that London to see this!
Today is the 321st day of 2025, so to mark that occasion…
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Today is the 321st day of 2025, so to mark that occasion…
About to see one of my absolute favourite films on the big screen again & in restored 4K loveliness too..
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
About to see one of my absolute favourite films on the big screen again & in restored 4K loveliness too..
Outside broadcasts are always more fun when you’re working with friends…
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Outside broadcasts are always more fun when you’re working with friends…
Just been discussing if radio stars really were killed by video and if in 2025, you can still legitimately blame VCR.. oh and a chat about spectacles! No #totp for me tonight
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just been discussing if radio stars really were killed by video and if in 2025, you can still legitimately blame VCR.. oh and a chat about spectacles! No #totp for me tonight
In another of today’s television anniversaries, 47 years ago today, Ireland got a second television channel, with the launch of RTÉ 2..
November 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
In another of today’s television anniversaries, 47 years ago today, Ireland got a second television channel, with the launch of RTÉ 2..
Studios A (EMI-Marconi) & B (Baird) at Alexandra Palace, the home of the original BBC Television Service, which launched 89 years ago today..
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Studios A (EMI-Marconi) & B (Baird) at Alexandra Palace, the home of the original BBC Television Service, which launched 89 years ago today..
Eighty nine years ago tonight, I suspect “the fools on the hill” were making frantic last minute preparations for the launch of the world’s first high definition television service the following day, on 2 November 1936
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Eighty nine years ago tonight, I suspect “the fools on the hill” were making frantic last minute preparations for the launch of the world’s first high definition television service the following day, on 2 November 1936
