To promote the Story of Bideford Black project and publicize the Show & Tell event on 20th March at the Burton Gallery, a team from BBC1 Spotlight was invited to produce an article to be broadcast on their evening news program. On a beautiful sunny morning on Bideford Quay, with the old East the Water Mine site in the background, presenter Carol Madge and a cameraman quickly and efficiently story-lined a series of interviews and filming angles from the information provided by our team to sum up the project and its intentions.
‘The
Story of Bideford Black’ BBC1 Spotlight 14313
Many thanks to Peter Christie
(local historian), Chris Cornford (local geologist, IGI Ltd), Gerald Ford
(ex-Bideford Black miner) and his wife Wendy, Pete Ward (local artist) and
Miranda Clarke (Burton Gallery) for their enthusiastic contributions. It was
fascinating to experience both the professionalism of the BBC team to produce
the article so quickly about a subject they knew very little, and also to feel
the excitement generated in the small group as memories and thoughts about
Bideford Black were brought to the surface – a most promising indication of the
projects potential over the coming months.
in
sight of the mines (bideford black; p ward 2013) – painting made live by pete
ward on BBC1 Spotlight 14313
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