Post by RitaLittlewood on May 17, 2013 18:27:46 GMT
BBC are going Queenie crazy next month.
Day and time to be confirmed
BBC ONE
The People's Coronation
David Dimbleby revisits the 1953 Coronation through the people who took part and who celebrated it across the country.
From the young Fleet Street photographer keen make a name for himself on the London streets that day, to the Sussex brewery, who 60 years on is remaking their potent Coronation brew, this is not just the story of the Queen and her courtiers but also of the people who joined together to mark the momentous day.
For David, who was a teenager at the time of the Coronation, it’s also a very personal story. His father, Richard Dimbleby, had the huge responsibility of presenting the TV broadcast from Westminster Abbey. Against the wishes of the establishment, the people of Britain were eager to be granted access to this centuries old tradition. And so on June 2 1953 nearly half the population gathered around their TVs to watch this spectacular historical event which was once the preserve of the aristocracy.
Meeting people who were there at the time and using newly discovered film archive, much of it in colour, David tells the story of the events of the day, from the places where they happened, as well as recalling his own memories.
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Sunday 2 June
10.10am-5.20pm
BBC PARLIAMENT
The Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth II
To mark the 60th anniversary of The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, BBC Parliament will for the first time broadcast a digitally re-mastered version of the original black-and-white televised film footage of the Queen’s Coronation, broadcast on 2 June 1953.
The footage has been restored by BBC Studios and Post Production’s Digital Media Services team, who worked from the original 45 reels of negative black-and-white footage. These were ultrasonically cleaned, transferred, digitised and then graded, grain reduced and dust-busted on the latest digital systems.
Colourist Jonathan Wood explains: “We took a lot of care to ensure that the final restored footage had the right balance between looking clean and refreshed, while retaining the essence of the day it was captured in 1953.”
The footage, which includes commentary from Richard Dimbleby, Michael Henderson and Brian Johnston, will be shown in full and will follow the exact times of the original Coronation broadcast.
This includes the Queen’s procession to Westminster Abbey from 10.25am, the Coronation Service from 11.20am, the State Procession through London from 2.20pm, and the Queen’s balcony appearance from 5pm.
Sylvia Peters, who introduced the original Coronation Day coverage in 1953, returns to the BBC to introduce the restored broadcast, and recalls the excitement at Alexandra Palace on the day of the Coronation.
The 1953 Coronation put television on the map and people went out in their thousands to buy their first television sets just to see it. Cameras were set up all over London and it was the BBC’s biggest-ever outside broadcast at the time.
Day and time to be confirmed
BBC ONE
The People's Coronation
David Dimbleby revisits the 1953 Coronation through the people who took part and who celebrated it across the country.
From the young Fleet Street photographer keen make a name for himself on the London streets that day, to the Sussex brewery, who 60 years on is remaking their potent Coronation brew, this is not just the story of the Queen and her courtiers but also of the people who joined together to mark the momentous day.
For David, who was a teenager at the time of the Coronation, it’s also a very personal story. His father, Richard Dimbleby, had the huge responsibility of presenting the TV broadcast from Westminster Abbey. Against the wishes of the establishment, the people of Britain were eager to be granted access to this centuries old tradition. And so on June 2 1953 nearly half the population gathered around their TVs to watch this spectacular historical event which was once the preserve of the aristocracy.
Meeting people who were there at the time and using newly discovered film archive, much of it in colour, David tells the story of the events of the day, from the places where they happened, as well as recalling his own memories.
---------------------------------------------
Sunday 2 June
10.10am-5.20pm
BBC PARLIAMENT
The Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth II
To mark the 60th anniversary of The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, BBC Parliament will for the first time broadcast a digitally re-mastered version of the original black-and-white televised film footage of the Queen’s Coronation, broadcast on 2 June 1953.
The footage has been restored by BBC Studios and Post Production’s Digital Media Services team, who worked from the original 45 reels of negative black-and-white footage. These were ultrasonically cleaned, transferred, digitised and then graded, grain reduced and dust-busted on the latest digital systems.
Colourist Jonathan Wood explains: “We took a lot of care to ensure that the final restored footage had the right balance between looking clean and refreshed, while retaining the essence of the day it was captured in 1953.”
The footage, which includes commentary from Richard Dimbleby, Michael Henderson and Brian Johnston, will be shown in full and will follow the exact times of the original Coronation broadcast.
This includes the Queen’s procession to Westminster Abbey from 10.25am, the Coronation Service from 11.20am, the State Procession through London from 2.20pm, and the Queen’s balcony appearance from 5pm.
Sylvia Peters, who introduced the original Coronation Day coverage in 1953, returns to the BBC to introduce the restored broadcast, and recalls the excitement at Alexandra Palace on the day of the Coronation.
The 1953 Coronation put television on the map and people went out in their thousands to buy their first television sets just to see it. Cameras were set up all over London and it was the BBC’s biggest-ever outside broadcast at the time.
