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Small Screen

2013-05-27T20:57:10Z

Jonathan:

{{Production Info
|name=Small Screen
|logofile=Small_screen.jpg
|genre=Light Entertainment
|start date=11th November 2003
|end date=29th June 2005
|producers=[[Jonathan Bufton]]
}}

Small Screen was a successful YSTV show which reviewed the best and worst of mainstream television.

==Beginnings==

Small Screen was conceived as a "filler show" running alternate Tuesdays with [[Bona Dicta]], in the autumn term in which the [[Gang of Four]] ran the station, in order to give freshers something to crew and take part in. The initial set was pretty similar to [[Bona Dicta]] - [[black drapes]] and a panel with a presenter, mainly due to lack of ideas for anything else. The original intention was that different people would be members of the panel each week, and the presenter would also be rotated. However due to lack of interest producer [[Jonathan Bufton]] and his housemate [[Tom Hughes]] had to step in to make up the panel. The first edition (11th November 2003) was presented by [[Lydia Haddrell]], and the second by Graham Ruddick. For the third, the presenter didn't turn up and so Jonathan and Tom hosted the show themselves, introducing the clips as well as discussing them. This format was retained after this show and the rest is history!

[[Image:SSFirst.jpg|thumb|right|Start of the first Small Screen]]

==Format==
The format didn't change much over the two years, usually consisting of three or four clips of three of four TV programmes - both good and bad - transmitted that fortnight being reviewed and commented on. The first programme to be reviewed was the last ever edition of Brookside, and the last was, er, ChuckleVision. In January 2004, coinciding with the new dual format presenting style, the set was changed - or more accurately dispensed with. The programme was presented "behind the scenes" at YSTV, starting off in the control room and moving into the studio, using whatever set was left in place (and what was behind the cameras) and occasionely (if the cables were long enough) venturing out in the corridors of Goodricke. Handheld camera operators were used, as were the security cameras installed around the station the year previously. This allowed the show to look a lot more fluid than the usual YSTV "three locked-off cameras" approach, and also ensure that nothing was "hidden" from the viewer.

==Titles and Theme==
The title sequence remained unchanged throughout - scrolling TV screens showing recordings from Sky Digital one afternoon, expertly produced by [[Dave Baker]] to a very hazy description of what was required from Jonathan. The theme tune was "Shake Me" by Mint Royale, chosen from a mini disc full of music beds Jonathan had assembled for his [[URY]] show. It was changed because of copyright worries concerning the online stream in February 2005 to some far inferior (but less recognisable) library music. The original theme returned for the final show (with the presenters announcing in the pre-titles sequence that they'd had enough and were bringing it back!), and the closing compilation of highlights was set the the "Vocal Edit" of the theme tune. This and the original theme are available on the album "On The Ropes" and greatest hits collection "Pop Is..." under the name Kenny's Last Stand (curiously with the "Shake Me" sample removed). "Shake Me" was even released as a single way back in 1999, reaching the giddy heighs of 154 in the charts.

Mint Royale's work continues to be very popular for backing music and theme tunes on television despite relatively minor success until summer 2008 when one of their tracks was used in ITV1's Britain's Got Talent and hit the number 1 spot in the charts as a result. "Shake Me" has also been used in an E4 promotion and as the theme to a Channel 4 "top 100" programme.

==Award==
Much to everyone's surprise the new show won Best Light Entertainment Programme at [[NaSTA]] 2004, judged by Nev Fountain, writer of "Dead Ringers". He said the hosts were "very knowledgable" and that he would like to see a show like this on proper telly. After this, every mention of Dead Ringers on the show was glowing. This win changed Jonathan's motivation to produce the show, as what had previously been somewhat of a chore produced to give the station something to transmit became something that was (apparently) not bad at all and worth spending more time putting together. Sadly despite (or because?) of a lot more production being put into the show throughout 2004 and 2005 the show didn't win the category the following year, but received praise from the judge (CBBC's Gemma Hunt) and based on points awarded came third, just missing out on a "Highly Commended" certificate.

=="Lost" Episode==
The week 6 edition of the summer 2004 run of the show was cancelled due to the workload of the presenters and the lack of anything inspiring to review on TV. It was replaced by [[Matthew Platts]] gamely reviewing clips from YSTV shows from the past in his unique style, sitting behind the [[YSTV Week]] desk, filmed by one static camera. The Small Screen opening titles were used but this programme was not regarded as part of the run of the show due to the wildly differing style and content, and was not often repeated. It is thought to no longer exist - and this is certainly no bad thing. The idea of commenting on past YSTV output would however become part of the show from November 2004 in YSTV Gold.

==Bye Bye Tom==
In October 2004 [[Tom Hughes]] left to devote more time to [[URY]] where he was now Programme Controller. After a rigorous, televised audition process he was replaced by [[Kate Rushworth]]. He did make a number of returns to the show however - firstly in an elbaorate EastEnders spoof in early 2005, and then a number of times in the summer term including as a crew member, Eurovision correspondent and presenting again on the final show.

==Features==
Over time extra features in addition to the basic reviews were added. The Soap Update was a regular feature for a while (until it became clear that only Tom cared), and the Classic Clip delved into the archives of the producers (or TV Ark if they were desperate). TV News did what it said on the tin, and that week's new Radio Times was flicked through (rather boringly) on camera with the BBC's advance Programme Information (or Pi). Shit TV saw Kate sneak off to the toilets (hence the name) and talk through the worst TV she'd seen that week. YSTV Gold raided the archives of the station, and Behind The Scenes showed what happens behind the cameras. From January 2005 each programme looked at a particular genre of programming, such as comedy or children's. Perhaps the most memorable of Small Screen's features was The Gallery, in which the presenters wrote to numerous television programmes claiming to be a fan, and received over seventy signed postcards in response (most notably the entire cast of BBC Scotland's River City and three photos from Dot Cotton). The results were displayed in the corner of the studio accompanied by "The Gallery" theme from Take Hart/Hart Beat/SMart.

==[[stoic]]==
At [[NaSTA]] 2005 Matt Cunningham - produced of "The Matt and Dave Show" at [[stoic]] (Student Television Of Imperial College, London) introduced himself to YSTV as a massive fan of Small Screen. As a result of this Kate, Tom and Jonathan (with [[Dave Baker]] and [[Sarah Leese]]) visited stoic in June 2005 as guests on the last ever "Matt and Dave Show". Matt and stoic Station Manager John Anderson returned the favour for the final Small Screen two weeks later, where highlights of the visit were screened as part of the final "Behind The Scenes" feature. Matt now works for GMTV Kids - ironically on the same road where Jonathan was relocated during 2006/7!

==The End==
After 24 shows the programme finished (due to the graduation of the presenters) on 29th June 2005 with an impressively self-indulgent programme of highlights of the two years, hosted by all three presenters, complete with limp 49p balloons from CostCutter. There was also a countdown of the top five shows reviewed (won by Monkey Dust) and the worst five (won by Mad About Alice). The final scene, filmed outside Television Centre during the stoic visit, implied the programme was actually moving to be produced by the [[BBC]], with a "to be continued..." caption. Curiously Kate (from 2007) works at BBC Worldwide and so is a regular in White City, however Jonathan (somewhat ironically) now works for ITV.

[[Image:SSLast.jpg|thumb|right|End of the final Small Screen]]

Small Screen was later featured in the 2006 Best Broadcaster, where it was included due to [[Rowan de Pomerai|Rowan]]'s love of the show, as well as a general desire to show all programmes made since the last NaSTA, even if they had since been discontinued. The judge said in her comments that the "TV review looked good".

The spirit of Small Screen lived on during 2006-7 in a section of the fantastic [[Limited Edition]], where the presenters reviewed programmes from other student TV stations.

The Gallery remained in the corner of the YSTV studio for two years after the end of the programme before being removed by Jonathan during the YSTV40 [[Birthday Party]] weekend, in an attempt to better preserve the photo cards collected (many of which were by now continuously falling off the wall).

The last 15 programmes can be [http://ystv.york.ac.uk/watch/Small-Screen/ seen on the YSTV website]. Repeats of the programme were last screened on YSTV during 2007.

==YSTV40 and beyond==
Part of the celebratory YSTV40 [[40th/Children In Need Show 2007|broadcast]] in November 2007 was given over to interviewing past members about their memories of their time at YSTV. Jonathan and Tom were interviewed together by [[Sarah Cheyne]] about their time presenting Small Screen and to introduce this part of the show the closing section of the final edition of the show was re-screened.

In November 2010 Jonathan assembled a new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjVaeqTfMGM&feature=fvsr compilation of highlights], partly inspired by the somewhat apt lyrics of "Famous" by Scouting For Girls but also by a return visit to York, all of which conveniently coincided with the seventh anniversary of the first show.

To complete the story - in April 2013 Jonathan married Kate, and Tom was the Best Man!

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Kate Rushworth

2013-05-27T20:49:23Z

Jonathan:

Kate Rushworth was one half of the [[News Biatch]] dream team of 2004/5 along with [[Kat Sutton]] (also accompanied by [[Lucy Watkins]]).

* Joined in January 2004, working on [[YSTV Week]] with [[James Thorniley]].
* Became [[Controller of News and Current Affairs]] in May 2004.
* Became Co-Controller of News and Current Affairs with [[Kat Sutton]] in January 2005.
* Produced [[Stereotypes]] in October 2004.
* Was a sidekick on [[Small Screen]] from October 2004-June 2005, presenting the legendary Shit TV.
* Co-produced [[Elections 2005]] with [[Kat Sutton]].
* Became [[PR Manager]] in May 2005.

After graduation Kate initially worked as a factual researcher and then as an archive researcher. After overseeing [[BBC]] Worldwide's You Tube channels for a number of years she became part of You Tube itself, joining Google in March 2012. It hasn't escaped her knowledge that her career is now based around something that was only launched during her last term at York...

One half of a ystv couple with [[Jonathan Bufton]], they married in April 2013, nine years after meeting in the station. Accordingly she is now more commonly known as Kate Bufton.

[[Category:People|Rushworth]]

Jonathan Bufton

2013-05-27T20:47:20Z

Jonathan:

Jonathan Bufton first experienced YSTV during his university open day in October 2001, when he was shown around the station by [[Jenny Gordon]]. Upon arriving in York a year later he wasted no time in joining up, and was immediately co-erced into presenting the first [[Bulletin (again)|Bulletin]] of the academic year.

After toying with the idea of getting more involved in [[URY]] (where he presented shows for all three years at York) he soon saw sense and plunged head-first into YSTV, with early assignments including set-buildings on [[Games Disaster]], filming a head-shaving record attempt and persuing Prince Philip through the science park with a DV Camera. In early 2003 he was elected [[Controller of Entertainment and Drama]] and soon after produced his first show [[Have I Got News For YUSU]]. At the May 2003 [[AGM]] he became [[Production Director]], pledging to simply make more shows and decrease the amount of simulcasting of other channels. He ended up producing around a dozen shows over his time at YSTV (including [[URYVision Song Contest]] and [[Off The Cuff]]), and also oversaw a long overdue relaunch of YSTV's news output, becoming [[YSTV Week]].

He was part of the [[Gang of Four]] that had to keep the station going during dark days in mid-2003 when the majority of the station's active members left all at once, and helped recruit a new generation to ensure the station continued to operate. During this period he launched his own TV review show [[Small Screen]], which went on to run for twenty-four editions over nearly two years and win an award for "Best Light Entertainment Programme" at [[NaSTA 2004]]. The previous year had seen his [[Snow]] sequence win "Best Ident". In his second year he also co-produced [[Elections 2004]], a considerable task due to there being only three remaining members who had crewed the show the year before and the new split-site format which was pioneered that year.

In his final year he held the post of [[Scheduling Manager]], indulged his love of the [[YSTV Archive]] with [[Elections Past]], showed off his embarrassing knowledge of 90s pop music on [[Children In Need 2004]] and was stalked periodically by [[Sarah Leese]]. He also managed to keep [[Small Screen]] going every fortnight despite trying to pull back (ever so slightly) from YSTV to concentrate on his degree. This must have worked to an extent as he graduated in the summer of 2005 with a 2:1. His final week in the station saw the legendary one-off [[Good Morning Campus]], the [[YUMAs]] and the final [[Small Screen]] - an exhausting but rewarding few days!

Soon after graduating he got a job at ITV as a presentation scheduler, and he is now Channel Manager for ITV. He lives in north London with one-time [[News Biatch]] [[Kate Rushworth]]. After becoming an item whilst members of YSTV in the summer of 2004 they got engaged in New York in June 2011. They were married on 27th April 2013 in Islington, London, with the day attended by a huge group of YSTV alumni!

[[Category:People|Bufton]]

Never made

2013-05-27T20:01:52Z

Jonathan: KLTS very important update!

YSTV has a long history of making plans for programmes and them getting quite far down the line towards actual transmission...but never quite getting there. Or in many cases being suggested (perhaps on the [[YSTV Messageboard]]) and that being it. Here are some examples.

1989 - [[:Image:AdversePublicity.png|Adverse Publicity]] A creative moment from [[Benet Allen]] and [[John Cornley]], that survived thanks to a BBC floppy disc.

1997 - [[Joker in the Pack II]]
*A sequel to, funnily enough, [[Joker In The Pack]]. Filming was never completed on this drama piece due to technical issues amongst other things but a trailer was shown during [[Election 97]]. However, photos taken during production of the trailer remained on the noticeboard in YSTV's foyer for a decade afterwards!
1999 - {{unsure|Who wants to be a millionaire}}
*A high ham, high tension, game show blatantly stolen from ITV. [[Chris Ward]] was a bit of a millionaire buff, and planned to make such a programme. Around 30s of (fake) footage was filmed in the studio, a contestant musing over an answer, which was used in the [[What's new in 1999]] promo.
2002 - 15 Minutes
*A sitcom, the first episode of which was full scripted by [[James Whalley]] and was available to download from the YSTV [[website]] in the autumn of 2002. Getting it filmed was discussed at the production meetings of the period but never really got off the ground, largely due to the huge techie bias in the station's membership at the time.
2002 - I'm A Pedestrian, Get Me Out Of Here
*An idea suggested by [[Michael Prior-Jones]] where a student would be stranded at Clifton Moor and have to make their way back to the university without any maps or transport, and be filmed. Title of course a [[rip-off]] of ITV's recently launched celebrity reality series...
2002/3 - Y Fronts
*Promised in the [[Freshers' Week]] booklet for two years but never materialised. Really nothing more than a name (similar to GUST's G Spot) but variously described as a "magazine show about everything and anything" and later on a game show. Many ideas from the latter ended up in [[The Great Big Massive YSTV Christmas Quiz Game Show Thingy 2003]], and YSTV's game show ambitions were eventually satisfied by [[LipSync]].
2003 - The Union
*A [[rip-off]] of The Office proposed enthusiastically as a station meeting by some random students who apparently had a full script in place. The programme was going to transfer the concept of The Office completely to a students' union and basically re-write entire episodes of the BBC show to be set around YUSU. After this initial burst of activity the instigators vanished and nothing was heard of the project again.
2004 - Survival
*Planned as "Banzai meets Distraction", whatever that would result in. Basically involved students aiming to get the five things they all required: food, drink, clubbing, sleep and sex (the last one would have been interesting). An idea by [[Pete Nichols]].
2004 - Specs Appeal
*After listening to Radio 1's now axed overnight mainstream show [[James Thorniley]] came up with an "off the wall type book review", whatever that means. Planned to debut around the same time as Survival, so doomed from the start.
2003/4 - URY Joint Broadcast
*In a period with rather good relations with URY it was suggested a number of times that YSTV simulcast a show. First it was mooted that the breakfast show might be shown daily with webcam output, but the necessary technical setup and automation put everyone off. Then a daily live show from Vanbrugh Bar was going to be simulcast in [[Freshers' Week]], but due to problems with the 2.4Ghz system this never happened. Finally there was half an idea to broadcast the last shows of James Wickham or [[James Gallagher]], but in the end of term way of things these never materialised. From October 2004 web streaming would mean we wouldn't be able to broadcast URY's music in any case.
2004 - YSTV Challenge
*A [[rip-off]] of University Challenge, this time going inter-college. The final was going to be an OB from Goodricke Dining Hall, apparently, with [[James Gallagher]] suggested as a Paxman-esque host. Suggested by [[James Thorniley]].
2004 - Pimp My Bicycle
*Doesn't take a genius to work out where this came from. Yet another [[James Thorniley]] idea that never came to fruition.
2004 - Questions
*Based upon Channel 4's long-running series of promotions where their stars are all asked the same question, which they answer to camera (although the question is never stated). Filmed at [[Freshers' Fair]] in front of the [[Games Disaster]] red set board painted with the YSTV [[logo]] for [[Elections 2003]], a number of first years were asked various questions. Sadly the footage was never edited up, partly because a lack of interesting answers and partly because of a lack of time in that term. The C4 promotions however are still running!
2005 - NetHead
*Internet/gaming show planned by [[Ben Tattersall-Smith]].
2005 - FasterMinds
*Inspired by [[Children In Need 2004]], [[Jen Ayerst]] came up with this to quiz students on degrees other than the ones they were studying. This even had an [[Inform]] slide for a while.
2006 - Campus
*[[Kev Larkin]]'s ambitious Heslington-based version of Dallas. Scrapped due to lack of acting talent but a script was apparently written.
2006 - The East Wing
* Supposedly a filler for [[Elections 2006]], a [[rip-off]] of the West Wing from [[Kev Larkin]] based in Alcuin East Wing. A script was produced but never filmed.

And finally, one that stalled at YSTV but was made - eventually!

2006 - Kev Loves That Stuff
*Based upon that catchphrase of the same name from 2005-6 (no-one knows who started it). Basically a big long list of stuff that [[Kev Larkin]] loves, with talking heads to support it. Although the project stalled during Kev's time as a member, editing for this was completed outside of YSTV some years later by [[Sarah Selby]]. The long-awaited premiere was held in York on 25th May 2013, over seven years after most of the original footage was filmed! It was attended by thirteen YSTV alumni from around the period that Kev was a member of YSTV, and followed by an updated countdown of the things that Kev loves in 2013.

Never made

2013-01-11T13:36:04Z

Jonathan:

YSTV has a long history of making plans for programmes and them getting quite far down the line towards actual transmission...but never quite getting there. Or in many cases being suggested (perhaps on the [[YSTV Messageboard]]) and that being it. Here are some examples.

1989 - [[:Image:AdversePublicity.png|Adverse Publicity]] A creative moment from [[Benet Allen]] and [[John Cornley]], that survived thanks to a BBC floppy disc.

1997 - [[Joker in the Pack II]]
*A sequel to, funnily enough, [[Joker In The Pack]]. Filming was never completed on this drama piece due to technical issues amongst other things but a trailer was shown during [[Election 97]]. However, photos taken during production of the trailer remained on the noticeboard in YSTV's foyer for a decade afterwards!
1999 - {{unsure|Who wants to be a millionaire}}
*A high ham, high tension, game show blatantly stolen from ITV. [[Chris Ward]] was a bit of a millionaire buff, and planned to make such a programme. Around 30s of (fake) footage was filmed in the studio, a contestant musing over an answer, which was used in the [[What's new in 1999]] promo.
2002 - 15 Minutes
*A sitcom, the first episode of which was full scripted by [[James Whalley]] and was available to download from the YSTV [[website]] in the autumn of 2002. Getting it filmed was discussed at the production meetings of the period but never really got off the ground, largely due to the huge techie bias in the station's membership at the time.
2002 - I'm A Pedestrian, Get Me Out Of Here
*An idea suggested by [[Michael Prior-Jones]] where a student would be stranded at Clifton Moor and have to make their way back to the university without any maps or transport, and be filmed. Title of course a [[rip-off]] of ITV's recently launched celebrity reality series...
2002/3 - Y Fronts
*Promised in the [[Freshers' Week]] booklet for two years but never materialised. Really nothing more than a name (similar to GUST's G Spot) but variously described as a "magazine show about everything and anything" and later on a game show. Many ideas from the latter ended up in [[The Great Big Massive YSTV Christmas Quiz Game Show Thingy 2003]], and YSTV's game show ambitions were eventually satisfied by [[LipSync]].
2003 - The Union
*A [[rip-off]] of The Office proposed enthusiastically as a station meeting by some random students who apparently had a full script in place. The programme was going to transfer the concept of The Office completely to a students' union and basically re-write entire episodes of the BBC show to be set around YUSU. After this initial burst of activity the instigators vanished and nothing was heard of the project again.
2004 - Survival
*Planned as "Banzai meets Distraction", whatever that would result in. Basically involved students aiming to get the five things they all required: food, drink, clubbing, sleep and sex (the last one would have been interesting). An idea by [[Pete Nichols]].
2004 - Specs Appeal
*After listening to Radio 1's now axed overnight mainstream show [[James Thorniley]] came up with an "off the wall type book review", whatever that means. Planned to debut around the same time as Survival, so doomed from the start.
2003/4 - URY Joint Broadcast
*In a period with rather good relations with URY it was suggested a number of times that YSTV simulcast a show. First it was mooted that the breakfast show might be shown daily with webcam output, but the necessary technical setup and automation put everyone off. Then a daily live show from Vanbrugh Bar was going to be simulcast in [[Freshers' Week]], but due to problems with the 2.4Ghz system this never happened. Finally there was half an idea to broadcast the last shows of James Wickham or [[James Gallagher]], but in the end of term way of things these never materialised. From October 2004 web streaming would mean we wouldn't be able to broadcast URY's music in any case.
2004 - YSTV Challenge
*A [[rip-off]] of University Challenge, this time going inter-college. The final was going to be an OB from Goodricke Dining Hall, apparently, with [[James Gallagher]] suggested as a Paxman-esque host. Suggested by [[James Thorniley]].
2004 - Pimp My Bicycle
*Doesn't take a genius to work out where this came from. Yet another [[James Thorniley]] idea that never came to fruition.
2004 - Questions
*Based upon Channel 4's long-running series of promotions where their stars are all asked the same question, which they answer to camera (although the question is never stated). Filmed at [[Freshers' Fair]] in front of the [[Games Disaster]] red set board painted with the YSTV [[logo]] for [[Elections 2003]], a number of first years were asked various questions. Sadly the footage was never edited up, partly because a lack of interesting answers and partly because of a lack of time in that term. The C4 promotions however are still running!
2005 - NetHead
*Internet/gaming show planned by [[Ben Tattersall-Smith]].
2005 - FasterMinds
*Inspired by [[Children In Need 2004]], [[Jen Ayerst]] came up with this to quiz students on degrees other than the ones they were studying. This even had an [[Inform]] slide for a while.
2006 - Campus
*[[Kev Larkin]]'s ambitious Heslington-based version of Dallas. Scrapped due to lack of acting talent but a script was apparently written.
2006 - The East Wing
* Supposedly a filler for [[Elections 2006]], a [[rip-off]] of the West Wing from [[Kev Larkin]] based in Alcuin East Wing. A script was produced but never filmed.
2006 - Kev Loves That Stuff
*Based upon that catchphrase of the same name from 2005-6 (no-one knows who started it). Basically a big long list of stuff that [[Kev Larkin]] loves, with talking heads to support it. Although the project stalled during Kev's time as a member, editing for this was completed outside of YSTV some years later by [[Sarah Selby]]. The long-awaited premiere will be held in York in May 2013, over seven years since most of the original footage was filmed!

Never made

2013-01-11T13:35:43Z

Jonathan: Never made has been made!

YSTV has a long history of making plans for programmes and them getting quite far down the line towards actual transmission...but never quite getting there. Or in many cases being suggested (perhaps on the [[YSTV Messageboard]]) and that being it. Here are some examples.

1989 - [[:Image:AdversePublicity.png|Adverse Publicity]] A creative moment from [[Benet Allen]] and [[John Cornley]], that survived thanks to a BBC floppy disc.

1997 - [[Joker in the Pack II]]
*A sequel to, funnily enough, [[Joker In The Pack]]. Filming was never completed on this drama piece due to technical issues amongst other things but a trailer was shown during [[Election 97]]. However, photos taken during production of the trailer remained on the noticeboard in YSTV's foyer for a decade afterwards!
1999 - {{unsure|Who wants to be a millionaire}}
*A high ham, high tension, game show blatantly stolen from ITV. [[Chris Ward]] was a bit of a millionaire buff, and planned to make such a programme. Around 30s of (fake) footage was filmed in the studio, a contestant musing over an answer, which was used in the [[What's new in 1999]] promo.
2002 - 15 Minutes
*A sitcom, the first episode of which was full scripted by [[James Whalley]] and was available to download from the YSTV [[website]] in the autumn of 2002. Getting it filmed was discussed at the production meetings of the period but never really got off the ground, largely due to the huge techie bias in the station's membership at the time.
2002 - I'm A Pedestrian, Get Me Out Of Here
*An idea suggested by [[Michael Prior-Jones]] where a student would be stranded at Clifton Moor and have to make their way back to the university without any maps or transport, and be filmed. Title of course a [[rip-off]] of ITV's recently launched celebrity reality series...
2002/3 - Y Fronts
*Promised in the [[Freshers' Week]] booklet for two years but never materialised. Really nothing more than a name (similar to GUST's G Spot) but variously described as a "magazine show about everything and anything" and later on a game show. Many ideas from the latter ended up in [[The Great Big Massive YSTV Christmas Quiz Game Show Thingy 2003]], and YSTV's game show ambitions were eventually satisfied by [[LipSync]].
2003 - The Union
*A [[rip-off]] of The Office proposed enthusiastically as a station meeting by some random students who apparently had a full script in place. The programme was going to transfer the concept of The Office completely to a students' union and basically re-write entire episodes of the BBC show to be set around YUSU. After this initial burst of activity the instigators vanished and nothing was heard of the project again.
2004 - Survival
*Planned as "Banzai meets Distraction", whatever that would result in. Basically involved students aiming to get the five things they all required: food, drink, clubbing, sleep and sex (the last one would have been interesting). An idea by [[Pete Nichols]].
2004 - Specs Appeal
*After listening to Radio 1's now axed overnight mainstream show [[James Thorniley]] came up with an "off the wall type book review", whatever that means. Planned to debut around the same time as Survival, so doomed from the start.
2003/4 - URY Joint Broadcast
*In a period with rather good relations with URY it was suggested a number of times that YSTV simulcast a show. First it was mooted that the breakfast show might be shown daily with webcam output, but the necessary technical setup and automation put everyone off. Then a daily live show from Vanbrugh Bar was going to be simulcast in [[Freshers' Week]], but due to problems with the 2.4Ghz system this never happened. Finally there was half an idea to broadcast the last shows of James Wickham or [[James Gallagher]], but in the end of term way of things these never materialised. From October 2004 web streaming would mean we wouldn't be able to broadcast URY's music in any case.
2004 - YSTV Challenge
*A [[rip-off]] of University Challenge, this time going inter-college. The final was going to be an OB from Goodricke Dining Hall, apparently, with [[James Gallagher]] suggested as a Paxman-esque host. Suggested by [[James Thorniley]].
2004 - Pimp My Bicycle
*Doesn't take a genius to work out where this came from. Yet another [[James Thorniley]] idea that never came to fruition.
2004 - Questions
*Based upon Channel 4's long-running series of promotions where their stars are all asked the same question, which they answer to camera (although the question is never stated). Filmed at [[Freshers' Fair]] in front of the [[Games Disaster]] red set board painted with the YSTV [[logo]] for [[Elections 2003]], a number of first years were asked various questions. Sadly the footage was never edited up, partly because a lack of interesting answers and partly because of a lack of time in that term. The C4 promotions however are still running!
2005 - NetHead
*Internet/gaming show planned by [[Ben Tattersall-Smith]].
2005 - FasterMinds
*Inspired by [[Children In Need 2004]], [[Jen Ayerst]] came up with this to quiz students on degrees other than the ones they were studying. This even had an [[Inform]] slide for a while.
2006 - Campus
*[[Kev Larkin]]'s ambitious Heslington-based version of Dallas. Scrapped due to lack of acting talent but a script was apparently written.
2006 - The East Wing
* Supposedly a filler for [[Elections 2006]], a [[rip-off]] of the West Wing from [[Kev Larkin]] based in Alcuin East Wing. A script was produced but never filmed.
2006 - Kev Loves That Stuff
*Based upon that catchphrase of the same name from 2005-6 (no-one knows who started it). Basically a big long list of stuff that [[Kev Larkin]] loves, with talking heads to support it. Although the project stalled during Kev's time as a member of YSTV, editing for this was completed outside of YSTV some years later by [[Sarah Selby]]. The long-awaited premiere will be held in York in May 2013, over seven years since most of the original footage was filmed!

YSTV London

2012-10-02T09:58:23Z

Jonathan:

[[Image:ystvlondon.gif|thumb|right]]
[[Image:ystvxmas09.JPG|thumb|right|YSTV London, Christmas 2009]]

YSTV London is the informal umbrella name used by a group of YSTV alumni (or [[Old Farts]]) who graduated in the mid-late 2000s living in the capital city and surrounding areas.

The first official YSTV London "event" was a Christmas 2006 social to (appropriately enough) the London branch of Reflex. Since then there has been a Christmas party every year, with some other occasions too. These events have also been attended by [[Old Farts]] from other parts of the country. Gatherings have included:

*December 2006 - 80s Christmas night out
*September 2007 - The New Arrivals night out
*December 2007 - High School Musical/back-to-school Christmas party (including alcopops!)
*April 2008 - York visit
*July 2008 - Jon and Kate's Summer Fete
*December 2008 - Rowan and Dave's Christmas Rave
*April 2009 - York visit
*October 2009 - Halloween fancy dress party
*December 2009 - Christmas Party
*December 2010 - Christmas Banquet
*December 2011 - New Year Party, notable for having YSTV members stretching from 2001 to 2009 in attendance
*December 2012 - Christmas Party

YSTV London

2012-10-02T09:51:51Z

Jonathan:

[[Image:ystvlondon.gif|thumb|right]]
[[Image:ystvxmas09.JPG|thumb|right|YSTV London, Christmas 2009]]

YSTV London is the informal umbrella name used by a group of YSTV alumni (or [[Old Farts]]) living in the capital city and surrounding areas who graduated in the mid-late 2000s.

The first official YSTV London "event" was a Christmas 2006 social to (appropriately enough) the London branch of Reflex. Since then there has been a Christmas party every year, with some other occasions too. These events have also been attended by [[Old Farts]] from other parts of the country. Gatherings have included:

*December 2006 - 80s Christmas night out
*September 2007 - The New Arrivals night out
*December 2007 - High School Musical/back-to-school Christmas party (including alcopops!)
*April 2008 - York visit
*July 2008 - Jon and Kate's Summer Fete
*December 2008 - Rowan and Dave's Christmas Rave
*April 2009 - York visit
*October 2009 - Halloween fancy dress party
*December 2009 - Christmas Party
*December 2010 - Christmas Banquet
*December 2011 - New Year Party, notable for having YSTV members stretching from 2001 to 2009 in attendance
*December 2011 - Christmas Party

NaSTA

2012-05-09T12:39:45Z

Jonathan: awards update

==The National Student Television Association ==
YSTV has had a long and productive history as a key player in NaSTA. We hosted or co-hosted the annual Conference and Awards Ceremony three times in 10 years (1997, 2002 and 2006). We've been "Highly Commended" in the [[Best Broadcaster]] award three times (2002, 2005, 2006 and 2011), jointly won it in 1998 and won it solo in 2012. We have also managed to bring back at least one award every year since 2001.
For more information see the [http://www.nasta.tv/ NaSTA Website].
==1980's==
* [[NaSTA 1987|1987]] YSTV hosted NaSTA
* 1989 YSTV won "Freestyle" category (we still have the trophy!).

==1990's==
* 1990 won News ([[Bulletin]])
* 1994 Hosted by Guild TV in Birmingham - [[Sarah Davies]] attended but we didn't enter any of the award categories on account of the [[Interregnum]].
* [[NaSTA 1996|1996]] Hosted by Nexus in Norwich
* [[NaSTA 1997|1997]] Hosted by YSTV in York
* [[NaSTA 1998|1998]] Hosted by Guild TV in Birmingham - won Best Broadcaster joint with GUST.
* [[NaSTA 1999|1999]] Hosted by GUST in Glasgow - won News and Current Affairs ([[Bona Dicta]]) and Title Sequence ([[Bona Dicta]]). Highly Commended Station Ident ([[Naturally YSTV]]).

==2000's==
* [[NaSTA 2000|2000]] Hosted by C6 in Bournemouth - 'nuff said. This was the first year with "professional" judges rather than the Eurovision-style voting system that had existed before.
* [[NaSTA 2001|2001]] Hosted by STOIC and BTV in London - Won Title Sequence ([[Red Braces]])
* [[NaSTA 2002|2002]] Hosted by YSTV in York, won Best Ident ([[Pigeons]]), Highly Commended Best Broadcaster
* [[NaSTA 2003|2003]] Hosted by GUST in Glasgow, won Best Ident ([[Snow]]), Highly Commended Drama ([[Reader of the Road]]), Highly Commended Music ([[Battle of the Bands]]).
* [[NaSTA 2004|2004]] Hosted by NEXUS UTV in Norwich, won Music ([[The Music Show]]) and Light Entertainment ([[Small Screen]]). Highly Commended Ident ([[Ocean]]) and Title Sequence ([[Elections 2003]]).
* [[NaSTA 2005|2005]] Hosted by LSUTV in Loughborough, won Highly Commended Ident ([[Terrain]]), Highly Commended Title Sequence ([[The Review]]) and Highly Commended [[Best Broadcaster]].
* [[NaSTA 2006|2006]] YSTV joint hosting with LS:TV in Leeds, won Best Ident ([[Ducks]]) and Highly Commended [[Best Broadcaster]]
* [[NaSTA 2007|2007]] Hosted by WTV and Guild TV in Warwick, won Open ([[Welcome to Venus]]), Documentary ([[Dead York]]) and Highly Commended Drama
* [[NaSTA 2008|2008]] Hosted by LUST in Leicester, won Best Live Programme ([[40th/Children In Need Show 2007]]), and Highly Commended Title Sequence
* [[NaSTA 2009|2009]] Hosted by SUSU in Southampton, won Highly Commended Live Programme ([[Battle of the Bands 2008]]) and the Golden Bodge (along witn Demon TV and SSTV)

==2010's==
* [[NaSTA 2010|2010]] Hosted by GUST in Glasgow, won Highly Commended Comedy with [[Man Man]] and Highly Commended Best Male with [[Mark Friend]]
* [[NaSTA 2011|2011]] Hosted by LSUTV in Loughbrough, won Technical achievement with [[P169 Replacement|Chainable video matrixes]] and Highly commended Best Brodcaster
* [[NaSTA 2012|2012]] Hosted by NUTStv in Nottingham, won [[Best Broadcaster]], [[Best Female]] with [[Emma Bennett]] and Highly commended Light entertainment with [[Pushing the senses]] produced by [[Chris wall]].

NaSTA 2004

2012-05-09T12:35:09Z

Jonathan:

[[Image:Nastaawards.JPG|thumb|left|2004's YSTV crew at NaSTA]]

[[NaSTA]] 2004 was held in Norwich by NEXUS UTV over four days in April 2004. YSTV managed a 50% improvement on the previous year by taking six members - [[Dave Baker]], [[Jonathan Bufton]], [[Rowan de Pomerai]], [[James Flinders]], [[Jen Ayerst]] and [[Pete Nichols]]. This was fairly remarkable given the uphill struggle persuading people to come - as the previous year had seen [[Gang of Four|all but four active members]] graduate there were now only two people left who had been the previous year to enthuse about how great [[NaSTA]] is and how it was worth blowing over a hundred quid on!

Upon arriving, activities included the traditional Golden Bodge, which this year saw YSTV performing a tribute to BBC One's Bollywood ident, [[Jen Ayerst]] dressing up as Margaret Thatcher and [[Jonathan Bufton]] & [[Dave Baker]] impersonating the Chuckle Brothers (Jonathan would later be recognised as a Chuckle Brother by another [[NaSTA]] veteran three years later). The popular hit parade tune "Milkshake" was also involved somewhere along the line. Somehow XTV ended up with the tape and kindly put it [[http://xmedia.ex.ac.uk/x-tv.org.uk/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=1&video_id=923| online]], so we can all relive the horror!

There was a talk from Paul Cornell, whose episode of the revived Doctor Who ("Father's Day") was about to go into production, and someone who wanted to take over distribution of student TV stations.

The first night saw a pub quiz and the second a trip to the rather sleazy club "Mercy" in the city centre. Those who texted the big screen in the club received spam texts for months afterwards informing them which minor celeb was visiting that week. The final night was the awards, which saw an incredible four awards for [[The Music Show]], [[Small Screen]], [[Elections 2003]]'s title seqeunce and the [[Ocean]] ident. It's thought that this year represents YSTV's largest ever haul of awards, which was all the more impressive given the dearth of membership in the year since the previous [[NaSTA]]. However greater things were to follow in 2005 with the Highly Commended [[Best Broadcaster]] going to YSTV.

There was some criticism of this [[NaSTA]], mainly because of the high price (£111 - about £30 more expensive than 2003) and because there was little to do during the day on campus. Because of this 2004 was the last three-night event, and there were big changes planned by the host of [[NaSTA 2005]]...

NaSTA 2004

2012-05-09T12:34:53Z

Jonathan: Updated bodge URL

[[Image:Nastaawards.JPG|thumb|left|2004's YSTV crew at NaSTA]]

[[NaSTA]] 2004 was held in Norwich by NEXUS UTV over four days in April 2004. YSTV managed a 50% improvement on the previous year by taking six members - [[Dave Baker]], [[Jonathan Bufton]], [[Rowan de Pomerai]], [[James Flinders]], [[Jen Ayerst]] and [[Pete Nichols]]. This was fairly remarkable given the uphill struggle persuading people to come - as the previous year had seen [[Gang of Four|all but four active members]] graduate there were now only two people left who had been the previous year to enthuse about how great [[NaSTA]] is and how it was worth blowing over a hundred quid on!

Upon arriving, activities included the traditional Golden Bodge, which this year saw YSTV performing a tribute to BBC One's Bollywood ident, [[Jen Ayerst]] dressing up as Margaret Thatcher and [[Jonathan Bufton]] & [[Dave Baker]] impersonating the Chuckle Brothers (Jonathan would later be recognised as a Chuckle Brother by another [[NaSTA]] veteran three years later). The popular hit parade tune "Milkshake" was also involved somewhere along the line. Somehow XTV ended up with the tape and kindly put it [[http://xmedia.ex.ac.uk/x-tv.org.uk/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=1&video_id=923| online]], so we can all relive the horror five years on!

There was a talk from Paul Cornell, whose episode of the revived Doctor Who ("Father's Day") was about to go into production, and someone who wanted to take over distribution of student TV stations.

The first night saw a pub quiz and the second a trip to the rather sleazy club "Mercy" in the city centre. Those who texted the big screen in the club received spam texts for months afterwards informing them which minor celeb was visiting that week. The final night was the awards, which saw an incredible four awards for [[The Music Show]], [[Small Screen]], [[Elections 2003]]'s title seqeunce and the [[Ocean]] ident. It's thought that this year represents YSTV's largest ever haul of awards, which was all the more impressive given the dearth of membership in the year since the previous [[NaSTA]]. However greater things were to follow in 2005 with the Highly Commended [[Best Broadcaster]] going to YSTV.

There was some criticism of this [[NaSTA]], mainly because of the high price (£111 - about £30 more expensive than 2003) and because there was little to do during the day on campus. Because of this 2004 was the last three-night event, and there were big changes planned by the host of [[NaSTA 2005]]...

Kate Rushworth

2012-03-15T16:09:40Z

Jonathan: Life update

Kate Rushworth was one half of the [[News Biatch]] dream team of 2004/5 along with [[Kat Sutton]] (also accompanied by [[Lucy Watkins]]).

* Joined in January 2004, working on [[YSTV Week]] with [[James Thorniley]].
* Became [[Controller of News and Current Affairs]] in May 2004.
* Became Co-Controller of News and Current Affairs with [[Kat Sutton]] in January 2005.
* Produced [[Stereotypes]] in October 2004.
* Was a sidekick on [[Small Screen]] from October 2004-June 2005, presenting the legendary Shit TV.
* Co-produced [[Elections 2005]] with [[Kat Sutton]].
* Became [[PR Manager]] in May 2005.

One half of a ystv couple with [[Jonathan Bufton]] - the man who betrayed his BBC upbringing and took the ITV shilling. Due to marry in April 2013, nine years after meeting in the station.

After graduation Kate initially worked as a factual researcher and then as an archive researcher. After overseeing [[BBC]] Worldwide's You Tube channels for a number of years she became part of You Tube itself, joining Google in March 2012. It hasn't escaped her knowledge that her career is now based around something that was only launched during her last term at York...

[[Category:People|Rushworth]]

Jonathan Bufton

2011-09-25T21:18:32Z

Jonathan: life

Jonathan Bufton first experienced YSTV during his university open day in October 2001, when he was shown around the station by [[Jenny Gordon]]. Upon arriving in York a year later he wasted no time in joining up, and was immediately co-erced into presenting the first [[Bulletin (again)|Bulletin]] of the academic year.

After toying with the idea of getting more involved in [[URY]] (where he presented shows for all three years at York) he soon saw sense and plunged head-first into YSTV, with early assignments including set-buildings on [[Games Disaster]], filming a head-shaving record attempt and persuing Prince Philip through the science park with a DV Camera. In early 2003 he was elected [[Controller of Entertainment and Drama]] and soon after produced his first show [[Have I Got News For YUSU]]. At the May 2003 [[AGM]] he became [[Production Director]], pledging to simply make more shows and decrease the amount of simulcasting of other channels. He ended up producing around a dozen shows over his time at YSTV (including [[URYVision Song Contest]] and [[Off The Cuff]]), and also oversaw a long overdue relaunch of YSTV's news output, becoming [[YSTV Week]].

He was part of the [[Gang of Four]] that had to keep the station going during dark days in mid-2003 when the majority of the station's active members left all at once, and helped recruit a new generation to ensure the station continued to operate. During this period he launched his own TV review show [[Small Screen]], which went on to run for twenty-four editions over nearly two years and win an award for "Best Light Entertainment Programme" at [[NaSTA 2004]]. The previous year had seen his [[Snow]] sequence win "Best Ident". In his second year he also co-produced [[Elections 2004]], a considerable task due to there being only three remaining members who had crewed the show the year before and the new split-site format which was pioneered that year.

In his final year he held the post of [[Scheduling Manager]], indulged his love of the [[YSTV Archive]] with [[Elections Past]], showed off his embarrassing knowledge of 90s pop music on [[Children In Need 2004]] and was stalked periodically by [[Sarah Leese]]. He also managed to keep [[Small Screen]] going every fortnight despite trying to pull back (ever so slightly) from YSTV to concentrate on his degree. This must have worked to an extent as he graduated in the summer of 2005 with a 2:1. His final week in the station saw the legendary one-off [[Good Morning Campus]], the [[YUMAs]] and the final [[Small Screen]] - an exhausting but rewarding few days!

Soon after graduating he got a job at ITV. After six years as a presentation scheduler for ITV1 he is now Advance Schedule Build Manager for the ITV family of channels. He lives in north London with one-time [[News Biatch]] [[Kate Rushworth]]. After becoming an item whilst members of YSTV in the summer of 2004 they got engaged in New York in June 2011, and plan to marry in spring 2013.

[[Category:People|Bufton]]

YSTV 30

2011-07-05T09:11:32Z

Jonathan:

YSTV celebrated its 30th anniversary with afternoon tea and sandwiches in Vanbrugh Dining Hall. A couple of members from the early 80s did show up at the studio earlier in the day (they featured in the {{unsure| brown}} photo album that was kept in the bottom of the desk draw). However, we could not reunite them with their photos as the album was elsewhere with the University Alumni Officer.

The anniversary was also marked by Tyne Tees News, who filmed an edition of [[Bulletin (again)|Bulletin]] being prepared and interviewed then [[Station Director]] [[Chris Parker]]. Also in YSTV's archives is a short clip of Tom Baker, then publicising his autobiography, wishing the station a happy birthday.
[[Image:199711--_vanbrugh-dining-hall_ystv-30.jpg|thumb|celebrating in Vanbrugh Dining Hall]]
[[Image:Ystvontynetees.jpg.JPG|thumb|left|archive entry for YSTV's appearance on Tyne Tees]]

File:Ystvontynetees.jpg.JPG

2011-02-11T17:33:22Z

Jonathan: Archive listing for YSTV's appearance on Tyne Tees Television's North East Tonight to mark the station's 30th anniversary, 21/11/97.

Archive listing for YSTV's appearance on Tyne Tees Television's North East Tonight to mark the station's 30th anniversary, 21/11/97.

Small Screen

2010-12-12T16:30:42Z

Jonathan: Added 2010 compilation vid and fixed link

Elections 2004

2010-10-26T09:20:59Z

Jonathan:

{{Production Info
|name=Elections 2004
|logofile=Elections_cream_v1.jpg
|genre=Events Coverage
|broadcast=12 March 2004
|producers=[[Jonathan Bufton]] [[James Thorniley]]
}}

Elections 2004 was held on March 12th 2004. It was produced by [[Jonathan Bufton]] and [[James Thorniley]].

==Planning==
After [[Elections 2003]] didn't get on air until 9.45pm due to technical problems, and members were pulling trolleys of equipment across campus until 7am the following morning, it was decided that there had to be changes to the format of the election results programme in 2004. It was anticipated that the sort of problems experienced the year before could be made even worse due to the lack of active members at the start of 2003/4. It was also an ideal time to try something new as so many members had graduated after 2003's programme.

As a result it was decided to try and anchor the night from YSTV's Goodricke headquarters, with only an OB-style setup taken down to Derwent. This would mean there wouldn't be such a race against time to dismantle the set in Goodricke and reassemble it in Derwent (and then dump it back in Goodricke until it was put back together sometime after Easter). It was also decided to re-use the previous year's set and theme tune. This mean more time could be spent on preparing for the content for the night itself.

Over time it was decided that links presenters and graphics would be based back at Goodricke HQ, and Derwent would be home to interviews and obviously coverage of the results themselves. This would be the first time any part of the programme had been held in Goodricke since the last results night held there in 1998. There was also a desire for the "filler" programmes to be more linked to the content of the programme. Finally presenters would be encouraged not to dress overly smartly, as it was felt this was not necessary (and it made URY look silly).

It was also decided to keep the non-specific title "Elections" as opposed to "Election Night", given that YSTV's coverage now ran across the whole of week nine, with 60 Second Manifestos and [[Bona Dicta]] specials, as well as [[Video Server]] repeats.

===Fillers===
Another edition of [[Have I Got News For YUSU]] was considered but rejected due to little time on the part of Jonathan to prepare another programme, and also a feeling that all York-related jokes had been used up a year earlier. A documentary provisionally titled "Chris Jones - The Movie", looking at the outgoing President's year in office, was mooted for a while but in the end not produced. [[James Gallagher]] suggested an idea called [[This Is YOUR: Manifesto]], where a big red book would be taken around campus asking students to fill in their wishes for campus facilities, with the book presented to the returning officer. This idea was filmed (and ended up being continued for the 2005 and 2006 programmes). Finally [[Michael Prior-Jones]]'s [[STV VT]] from the previous years was to be re-used to explain the voting system. That year's [[NaSTA]] Best Broadcaster was also shown on a loop for the hour before the show went on air. So in the end there were not a great number of fillers but thankfully there was plenty on the night to talk about!

===Structure===
It was decided that the programme should at least attempt to be more structured and visual - with re-caps every half hour, the title sequence played out more, and a ticker bar providing updates along the bottom of the screen. Links set presenters would also be used just to "link" and not to waffle endlessly. To this end a [[Bona Dicta]]-style panel was to be in place on the interview set in Derwent available to pontificate endlessly.

===Set===
The previous year's set was re-used (with the logo repainted) in order to continue the "corporate" look used since the previous year. In Derwent the "coffee bar" set was eventually placed in front of the large glass windows in the terrace room after a lack of ideas for a backdrop. Large lights were used to attempt to light the backdrop of the lake and tree with mixed success, although occasionally people walked past and waved.

===Titles and theme===
The new titles were filmed by walking around campus and speeding up the footage, with important positions scrolling across the screen in the YSTV News colours of purple and cream. The climax of the sequence was as the camera reached Derwent, the SU centre and YSTV HQ. The logo was designed by [[Tom Hughes]]. The same theme tune as the previous year was used.

===Graphics===
In 2003 [[Giles Burdett]] had designed a graphics system which would allow viewers to "fly over" 3D representations of the colleges to be used alongside the usual graphical data. This didn't work on the night due to unforseen problems interfacing with the main graphics system ENformation. These problems were ironed out by 2004 and they were used on the night, and again in 2005. They also made an appearance in the [[URYVision Song Contest]] later in 2004.

==On the night==
The show was opened by [[Nik Morris]] and a girl whose name escapes me. Other presenters on the night included [[Kate Rushworth]], [[James Thorniley]], [[Pete Nichols]], [[James Gallagher]], [[James Flinders]] and [[Michelle Donelan]]. Derwent's panel was hosted by [[Bona Dicta]] man [[Michael Brothwell]] and featured panellists Simon Drage and Robert Johnson.

===Scandal===
A minor scandal was unearthed early in the night, when it was revealed that a James College email had indirectly encouraged students to vote for candidates from that college. This helped us fill the early part of the night quite well with various hacks and candidates lining up to condemn or defend the email.

===Success===
Considering the huge technical challenge of hosting from two locations half a mile apart for the first time the night went pretty well. There were some communication problems between the two sites, but overall the new format was considered a success, and was used for the next three years. Due to less equipment being taken to Derwent the de-rig was completed by 4am, less than two hours after going off air.

{{Elections}}
{{YSTV Productions}}
[[Category: Productions]]

Talk:Elections 2003

2010-10-24T20:54:43Z

Jonathan:

[[User:Mikechislett|Mikechislett]] 01:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)"remains in use to this day"
ummm Sorry Jonathon, but parts of it have become severely and literally butchered for use in the GD set ( across six boards, there was a total of around 300foot of jig sawing! - the 8x4' boards now have slices missing,painted black, gaps filled / covered with grease-paper!, we then light them from behind with whatever colour suits the needs:
red,blue, or purple for different rounds of Games disaster series 5,
white for a more "lounge" feel in 2010 freshers week.
Should you wish to see us butchering them, we took a time-lapse, and a blog: [[http://vimeo.com/12485438]] [[http://gamesdisaster2010.tumblr.com/]]

I was more referring to the more distinctive tall light boxes with the holes in which we thought of as the main focal point of "the links set". Was sure I'd seen them in something or other recently - forgive me for not being totally up to date with what you're up to ;-) feel free to edit the article as you see fit. New set looks v impressive by the way. [[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] 20:54, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Elections 2003

2010-10-21T13:21:27Z

Jonathan: sets update

{{Production Info
|name=Elections 2003
|logofile=Elections_2003.png
|genre=Events Coverage
|broadcast=7 March 2003
|producers=[[Cally Nixon]] [[Chris Thornton]]
}}

Elections 2003 was broadcast on 7th March 2003, and produced by [[Cally Nixon]] and [[Chris Thornton]].

Unlike previous Derwent election nights, where the set and control room were both placed in the JCR, this year the terrace room next door was used for the set and the JCR for the control area. This allowed as much noise to be made in the control area as was needed!

The new set was designed and built by [[John Biltcliffe]] and [[Andrew Talbot]]. The small cream set boards were seperated by tall thin purple boxes with a number of circular holes in each. These holes were covered in tissue paper and a long bulb was placed in each box, creating a pleasing glow on camera. These light boxes were in fact inspired by part of the set BBC Sport's snooker coverage was using at the time! The desk used since [[SU Elections 2001]] was placed in front of this. For the interview set a "coffee bar" was constructed to try and bring a more relaxed approach to this area.

Using the terrace room did have its problems. It is a fairly small room to try and cram two fairly large sets into, and once lights, cameras and [[Big Telly]] had been hauled up the stairs outside and added to the mix there wasn't a lot of room to move!

There were technical problems on the night which led to [[Giles Burdett]]'s campus map graphics not making their debut until twelve months later, and the programme itself wasn't able to go on air until around 9.45pm. The programme also suffered from using the dying Cox T8 (8-input) vision mixer which gave out mid-programme. YSTV's brand new [[Panasonic Max]] (4-input) was rushed back from HQ at the other end of campus and rapidly connected into the setup, leaving the presenters filling in sound only over graphics and VTs whilst this ocurred!

Fillers on the night included [[WoodenSpoon]], the final of [[Games Disaster]], [[Have I Got News For YUSU]] and that year's [[NaSTA]] Best Broadcaster film.

The title sequence used time-lapse footage of that year's [[Battle of the Bands]]rig and other campus clips, edited by [[Ed Jellard]] and going on to be highly commended at 2004's [[NaSTA]] awards. The theme tune was an original composition by [[Rob Humphrey]], Kev Gedge and others, which went on to be used for 2004's programme and 2005's [[Bona Dicta]] specials and 60 Second Manifesto. It was revived (in a remixed form) for 2007's show.

Other than the technical problems listed the content on the night went smoothly. The programme's main legacy was the set, which remains in use to this day. Immeditately afterwards the links area became YSTV's generic news and current affairs set, and was used for [[YSTV Week]], [[Bona Dicta]] and many future election night programmes. In later years it made all manner of appearances on shows such as [[YSTV Sport]], [[The Sofa Show]], [[FourPlay]] (repainted orange), [[YSTV News]] (repainted red and silver) and many, many more besides. The coffee bar appeared on many subsequent election night programmes, but it has since been used most regularly in panel game-type shows, for which it isn't entirely suited due to the sharp point of the wood join at the back where the presenter sits, as it was originally designed to be sat in front of. However it serves the purpose well, and has featured on [[Have I Got News For YUSU]], [[The Great Big Massive YSTV Christmas Quiz Game Show Thingy 2003]], [[LipSync]], [[Welcome To Venus]] and [[Your Answer's Rubbish]] to name but a few. All of this is a testament to the hard work put in designing and building in early 2003.

[[Image:Links set.jpg|thumb|right|The original design for the Elections 2003 set]]

{{Elections}}
{{YSTV Productions}}
[[Category: Productions]]

LipSync

2010-10-21T13:07:58Z

Jonathan: a few more changes!

{{Production Info
|name=LipSync
|logofile=LipSyncLogo.jpg
|genre=Game Shows
|start date=2004
|producers=[[Rowan de Pomerai]] [[Rick Selby]] [[Sarah Leese]] [[Neil Brehon]]
}}
YSTV's comedy panel show which blends original rounds with some borrowed from the greatest TV and radio comedy.

== Origins and Pilot ==
[[Image:lipsync1.jpg|thumb|left|Lip Sync pilot]]
YSTV had long wanted to produce a regular game show, but had never managed to get one off the ground despite three attempts during Autumn 2003 (the return of [[Games Disaster]], [[Whose YSTV is it Anyway]] and [[The Great Big Massive YSTV Christmas Quiz Game Show Thingy 2003]]). LipSync began over drinks in Wentworth Bar on a Monday night after a station meeting in February 2004, based around the YSTV [[Clock]] and the idea of "Just a Minute" on TV. The pilot episode was transmitted live later the same night (after pizza!) and featured [[Richard Ash]], [[James Thorniley]], [[Steve Walker]], [[Rowan de Pomerai]], and [[Ed Jellard]], with [[Drew Perry]] chairing. All the contestants sat in front of the [[YSTV Week]] backdrop (somewhat naughtily as to avoid overuse this was usually reserved for news and current affairs programmes during this period!). Crew was non-existent - the chair vision mixed whilst the {{unsure|winner of each round}} swapped onto camera! A short clip from this made it into [[Best Broadcaster]] 2004.

== 2004-05 ==
A more organised regular show began in the summer term of 2004, produced by [[Rowan de Pomerai]]. [[Steve Walker]] created the title sequence (featuring a clock and a giant baby's head!), [[Rowan de Pomerai|Rowan]] and [[Adam Van Coevorden|Vanky]] did the rest. It was ace. The original title music was Chopin's 'Minute Waltz', before eventually being replaced by a jaunty tune Rowan knocked up in Apple's GarageBand application to avoid copyright implications associated with the launch of Watch Online. The first couple of episodes had the teams sat rather awkwardley up against the left wall of the studio (now completely free following the recent demolition of the [[Off The Cuff]] broom cupboard), in a not disimilar fashion to the pilot, with the [[Green Screen]] covered by the purple ex-Central Hall curtain. Later that term the set was shifted to a new more suitable setup in the back right-hand corner of the studio, again using the purple curtain attached to the lighting rig in the ceiling, creating a virtual corner to provide another area to present shows from. The show remained in this home for the next two years, and the new corner area was also used for shows such as [[Children In Need]] and [[Stereotypes]].

===Presenters===
The first episodes were presented by [[Pete Nichols]], with [[Adam Van Coevorden|Vanky]] and Jay Foreman tending to alternate presenting from the Autumn onwards. As well as producing the show, [[Rowan de Pomerai|Rowan]] had tended to direct every edition as well, but on one occasion when no presenter was available he moved in front of the camera to present. His aversion to presenting was thus overcome and he joined Jay and Vanky as a regular presenter.

===Stuart Murphy===
When reviewing YSTV's Best Broadcaster compilation for 2005's NaSTA, Stuart Murphy - then controller of BBC3 - included a comment in his (brief) notes that "the panel game looks crap". This was referred to a number of times on the show in summer 2005. Despite this objection, Stuart thought that YSTV was the 2nd best student TV station.

===In-Jokes===
A number of in-jokes were found throughout the early episodes, including frequent piss-taking of pint sized popster Aaron Carter, though nobody seems quite sure how that one came about. His single ''Saturday Night'' even made a guest appearance on a special version of the title sequence, but the team members didn't seem impressed.

== 2005-06 ==
Through the Autumn and Spring terms, Rowan was still producing. During the summer term, [[Rick Selby]] and Rowan put out 4 shows between them as a sort of gradual handover, with Rowan turning his attention to his new show [[Limited Edition]]. These were the first to use the "Coffee Bar" set, dating back to [[Elections 2003]], and YSTV's new colour curtains, making the show look very different and a lot more like a traditional panel game.

== 2006-07 ==
Over the summer Rick spent countless hours creating a new title sequence (music created especially for the show by James Hyde, a non-YSTV bod doing Music Tech), and a few rushed minutes at the start of the autumn term updating the graphics.

16 mini-shows were hashed together from previous episodes for the Freshers Workshops, which Rowan and Rick presented, but these still used the original titles and graphics.

In week 4 of the Autumn term, the new-look LipSync was unveiled, with a few new rounds:
* ''Lost In Translation'', where a phrase or title is translated to a foreign language and back; the contestants are given the result and must work out what the phrase or title was
* ''Threesomes'' - in the past, many shows had an "odd one out" round or similar, generally consisting of three options. This round allowed all of these to come under one header.

Rick did most of the presenting, with [[Claire Butler]] presenting the last show of the Autumn term, and [[Sarah Leese]] the Jay Foreman special in week 6 of the Spring term. During this term Sarah also joined Rick as co-producer. Sarah and Rick also later presented one edition together that summer just before their wedding day.

== 2007-08 ==
Under increasing pressure from outside commitments, Rick cut the show's output down from its regular slot to a handful of special editions; a move shamelessly copied by the BBC in 2009 for its obscure sci-fi show, "Doctor Who".

== 2008-09 ==
Having co-produced the final show of the previous year, [[Neil Brehon]] took the reins as producer, attempting to revitalise the show with the introduction of new rounds, nonsensical pre-titles sketches and regular "team captain" seats for [[Matthew Tole]] and [[Mark Friend]].

Unfortunately, he too succumbed to time constraints and took the Spring term off to focus on his degree, though he intended to produce extra shows in the Summer term to make up for it.

{{YSTV Productions}}

[[Category:Productions]]

LipSync

2010-10-21T10:19:07Z

Jonathan: few details updated

{{Production Info
|name=LipSync
|logofile=LipSyncLogo.jpg
|genre=Game Shows
|start date=2004
|producers=[[Rowan de Pomerai]] [[Rick Selby]] [[Sarah Leese]] [[Neil Brehon]]
}}
YSTV's comedy panel show which blends original rounds with some borrowed from the greatest TV and radio comedy.

== Pilot ==
[[Image:lipsync1.jpg|thumb|left|Lip Sync pilot]]
Lipsync began over drinks in Wentworth Bar on a Monday night after a station meeting in February 2004, based around the YSTV [[Clock]] and the idea of "Just a Minute" on TV. The pilot episode (later the same night, after pizza!) featured [[Richard Ash]], [[James Thorniley]], [[Steve Walker]], [[Rowan de Pomerai]], and [[Ed Jellard]], chaired by [[Drew Perry]], all sat in front of the [[YSTV Week]] set (somewhat naughtily as to avoid overuse this was reserved for news and current affairs programmes only at this point!). Crew was non-existant - the chair vision mixed whilst the {{unsure|winner of each round}} swapped onto camera! A short clip from this made it into [[Best Broadcaster]] 2004.
== Series ==
A more organised regular show began in the summer term of 2004, produced by [[Rowan de Pomerai]] and taken over in the summer of 2006 by [[Rick Selby]]. In the spring of 2007, [[Sarah Leese]] joined him as co-producer.

===In the beginning===

[[Steve Walker]] created the title sequence, [[Rowan de Pomerai|Rowan]] and [[Adam Van Coevorden|Vanky]] did the rest. It was ace. The original title music was Chopin's 'Minute Waltz', before eventually being replaced by a jaunty tune Rowan knocked up in Apple's GarageBand application to avoid copyright implications associated with the launch of Watch Online. The first couple of episodes had the teams sat rather awkwardley up against the left wall of the studio, not disimilar to the pilot (now completely free following the demolition of the [[Off The Cuff]] broom cupboard) , with the [[Green Screen]] covered by the purple ex-Central Hall curtain. Later that term the set was shifted to a more suitable new set up in the back right-hand corner of the studio, again using the purple curtain attached to the lighting rig in the ceiling, creating a virtual corner to provide another area to produce shows from. The show remained in this home for the next two years, and the new corner area was also used for shows such as [[Children In Need]] and [[Stereotypes]].

===Stuart Murphy===
When reviewing YSTV's Best Broadcaster compilation for 2005's NaSTA, Stuart Murphy - then controller of BBC3 - included a comment in his (brief) notes that "the panel game looks crap". This was referred to a number of times on the show in summer 2005. Despite this objection, Stuart thought that YSTV was the 2nd best student TV station.

===In-Jokes===
A number of in-jokes are to be found throughout the series, including frequent piss-taking of pint sized popster Aaron Carter, though nobody seems quite sure how that one came about. His single ''Saturday Night'' even made a guest appearance on a special version of the title sequence, but the team members didn't seem impressed.

===2005-06===
Through the Autumn and Spring terms, Rowan was still producing.

During the summer term, Rick and Rowan put out 4 shows between them in a sort of gradual handover. These were the first to use the "Coffee Bar" set, making the show look very different.

===2006-07===

Over the summer Rick spent countless hours creating a new title sequence (music created especially for the show by James Hyde, a non-YSTV bod doing Music Tech), and a few rushed minutes at the start of the autumn term updating the graphics.

16 mini-shows were hashed together from previous episodes for the Freshers Workshops, which Rowan and Rick presented, but these still used the original titles and graphics.

In week 4 of the Autumn term, the new-look LipSync was unveiled, with a few new rounds:
* ''Lost In Translation'', where a phrase or title is translated to a foreign language and back; the contestants are given the result and must work out what the phrase or title was
* ''Threesomes'' - in the past, many shows had an "odd one out" round or similar, generally consisting of three options. This round allowed all of these to come under one header.

Rick did most of the presenting, with [[Claire Butler]] presenting the last show of the Autumn term, and [[Sarah Leese]] the Jay Foreman special in week 6 of the Spring term.

===2007-08===

Under increasing pressure from outside commitments, Rick cut the show's output down from its regular slot to a handful of special editions; a move shamelessly copied by the BBC in 2009 for its obscure sci-fi show, "Doctor Who".

===2008-09===

Having co-produced the final show of the previous year, [[Neil Brehon]] took the reins as producer, attempting to revitalise the show with the introduction of new rounds, nonsensical pre-titles sketches and regular "team captain" seats for [[Matthew Tole]] and [[Mark Friend]].

Unfortunately, he too succumbed to time constraints and took the Spring term off to focus on his degree, though he intends to produce extra shows in the Summer term to make up for it.

{{YSTV Productions}}

[[Category:Productions]]

YSTV London

2010-09-30T08:58:05Z

Jonathan:

[[Image:ystvlondon.gif|thumb|right]]
[[Image:ystvxmas09.JPG|thumb|right|YSTV London, Christmas 2009]]

YSTV London is the informal umbrella name for recent YSTV alumni (or [[Old Farts]]) living in the capital city and surrounding areas, with the aim for the members that inevitably move down to London for career purposes to be able to continue to meet up and socialise as previously done in the YSTV mothership

The first official YSTV London "event" was a Christmas 2006 social to (appropriately enough) the London branch of Reflex. Since then there has been a Christmas party every year, with some other occasions too. These events have also been attended by [[Old Farts]] from other parts of the country. Gatherings have included:

*December 2006 - 80s Christmas night out
*September 2007 - The New Arrivals night out
*December 2007 - High School Musical/back-to-school Christmas party (including alcopops!)
*April 2008 - York visit
*July 2008 - Jon and Kate's Summer Fete
*December 2008 - Rowan and Dave's Christmas Rave
*April 2009 - York visit
*October 2009 - Halloween fancy dress party
*December 2009 - no specific theme but notable for having YSTV members stretching from 2002 to 2009 in attendance
*December 2010 - Christmas Banquet

Windowvision

2010-09-29T14:47:54Z

Jonathan:

Windowvision is the name given to viewing YSTV via the control room window. Due to being behind a window, windowvision typically does not have sound, apart from the odd occasion here and there...
==2003-2010==
[[File:Hhh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|One of windowvision's earlier incarnations]]
Initially, Windowvision was a TV in a window. This was put in place at the start of [[Freshers' Week]] 2003, also in a moment of madness when [[Jonathan Bufton]] and [[Dave Baker]] assembled a structure of questionable safety which the graphics operator would then need to sit underneath in order to use the [[Commodore Amiga]] during a programme (shortly afterwards the new [[Graphics PC]] was installed in a better location). The aim was to try and at least catch people's eyes when they walked past the station, although obviously was without sound. The station had also lost a few monitors across campus due to building works in the previous few years so this was an easy way of re-dressing the balance. The windows were also filled with whatever station publicity posters were in vogue at the that moment.

==2010==
[[File:Windowvision2010.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Windowvision 2010]]
Windowvision 2010 emerged as a moment of complete madness by [[Michael Chislett]], egged on by [[Michael Cullen]], and [[Steven Perring]]. It consists of Chislett's projector, mounted on MDF ontop of the AV rack (opposite the G/046 window), pointing onto the blinds (which are convieniently always down at night). It is worth pointing out that YSTV's windows are convieniently almost a 4:3 aspect ratio.
Audio is provided by shoving speakers onto a stool near the window if anyone can be bothered.
Inaugaural projection was [[Man Man]]. Within a few minutes, windowvision '''''Actually Had Non-YSTV viewers''''', one of which remarked to a fellow viewer "you have just been out-awesomed". This version of windowvision may re-appear once a timed IR interface is made for the pojector - with the hope of it being linked into a light sensor, and automatically turned on if it is dark enough.

Windowvision

2010-09-29T14:39:59Z

Jonathan:

Windowvision is the name given to viewing YSTV via the control room window. Due to being behind a window, windowvision typically does not have sound, apart from the odd occasion here and there...
==2003-2010==
[[File:Hhh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|One of windowvision's earlier incarnations]]
Initially, Windowvision was a TV in a window. This was put in place at the start of [[Freshers' Week]] 2003, also in a moment of madness when [[Jonathan Bufton]] and [[Dave Baker]] wanted to try and at least catch people's eyes when they walked past the station, although obviously was without sound. The station had also lost a few monitors across campus due to building works in the previous few years so this was an easy way of re-dressing the balance. The windows were also filled with whatever station publicity posters were in vogue at the that moment.

==2010==
[[File:Windowvision2010.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Windowvision 2010]]
Windowvision 2010 emerged as a moment of complete madness by [[Michael Chislett]], egged on by [[Michael Cullen]], and [[Steven Perring]]. It consists of Chislett's projector, mounted on MDF ontop of the AV rack (opposite the G/046 window), pointing onto the blinds (which are convieniently always down at night). It is worth pointing out that YSTV's windows are convieniently almost a 4:3 aspect ratio.
Audio is provided by shoving speakers onto a stool near the window if anyone can be bothered.
Inaugaural projection was [[Man Man]]. Within a few minutes, windowvision '''''Actually Had Non-YSTV viewers''''', one of which remarked to a fellow viewer "you have just been out-awesomed". This version of windowvision may re-appear once a timed IR interface is made for the pojector - with the hope of it being linked into a light sensor, and automatically turned on if it is dark enough.

Windowvision

2010-09-29T14:29:43Z

Jonathan: Elaborate on early "windowvision"

Windowvision is the name given to viewing YSTV via the control room window. Due to being behind a window, windowvision typically does not have sound, apart from the odd occasion here and there...
==2003-2010==
[[File:Hhh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|One of windowvision's earlier incarnations]]
Initially, Windowvision was a TV in a window. This was put in place at the start of [[Freshers' Week]] 2003 to try and at least catch people's eyes when they walked past the station, although obviously was without sound. The station had also lost a few monitors across campus due to building works in the previous few years so this was an easy way of re-dressing the balance. The windows were also filled with whatever station publicity posters were in vogue at the that moment.

==2010==
[[File:Windowvision2010.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Windowvision 2010]]
Windowvision 2010 emerged as a moment of complete madness by [[Michael Chislett]], egged on by [[Michael Cullen]], and [[Steven Perring]]. It consists of Chislett's projector, mounted on MDF ontop of the AV rack (opposite the G/046 window), pointing onto the blinds (which are convieniently always down at night). It is worth pointing out that YSTV's windows are convieniently almost a 4:3 aspect ratio.
Audio is provided by shoving speakers onto a stool near the window if anyone can be bothered.
Inaugaural projection was [[Man Man]]. Within a few minutes, windowvision '''''Actually Had Non-YSTV viewers''''', one of which remarked to a fellow viewer "you have just been out-awesomed". This version of windowvision may re-appear once a timed IR interface is made for the pojector - with the hope of it being linked into a light sensor, and automatically turned on if it is dark enough.

YSTV London

2010-09-29T14:21:51Z

Jonathan: photo-tastic

[[Image:ystvlondon.gif|thumb|right]]
[[Image:ystvxmas09.JPG|thumb|right|YSTV London, Christmas 2009]]

YSTV London is the informal umbrella name for recent YSTV alumni (or [[Old Farts]]) living in the capital city and surrounding areas, with the aim for the members that inevitably move down to London for career purposes to be able to continue to meet up and socialise as previously done in the YSTV mothership

The first official YSTV London "event" was a Christmas 2006 social to (appropriately enough) the London branch of Reflex. Since then there has been a Christmas party every year, with some other occasions too. These events have also been attended by [[Old Farts]] from other parts of the country. Gatherings have included:

*December 2006 - 80s Christmas party
*December 2007 - High School Musical/back-to-school Christmas party (including alcopops!)
*April 2008 - York visit
*July 2008 - Jon and Kate's Summer Fete
*December 2008 - Rowan and Dave's Christmas Rave
*April 2009 - York visit
*October 2009 - Halloween fancy dress party
*December 2009 - no specific theme but notable for having YSTV members stretching from 2002 to 2009 in attendance
*December 2010 - Christmas Banquet

File:Ystvxmas09.JPG

2010-09-29T14:17:59Z

Jonathan: Former YSTV members at the YSTV London Christmas Party 2009

Former YSTV members at the YSTV London Christmas Party 2009

Off The Cuff

2010-09-29T10:53:10Z

Jonathan:

{{Production Info
|name=Off The Cuff
|logofile=offthecufflogo.jpg
|genre=Light Entertainment
|start date=May 2003 (pilot), October 2003 (on-air)
|end date=February 2004
|producers=Whoever wanted to!
}}

[[Image:YSTV Jan 2004 04.JPG|thumb|left|The broom cupboard set]]

In March 2003 YSTV received a lot of equipment from a company called {{unsure|Accenture}}, including a DV camera, a security camera now known as ''[[DeathStar]]'', [[pen camera]]s, a large equipment desk and a new vision mixer. Whilst this meant the usual DaVE vision mixer wouldn't have to be trundled out to OBs, it left the new [[Panasonic Max]] (as it was christened) lying dormant most of the time.

With new content desperately needed for the station [[Jonathan Bufton]], [[Dave Baker]] and [[Ed Jellard]] - encouraged by the outgoing active membership - installed it in a corner of the studio, with some spare setboards, monitors, a small desk, a bubble tube and the new OB sound desk. The self-operated setup was inspired by the "broom cupboard" Children's BBC set of the late 80s and early 90s (which was actually the BBC1 continuity announcer's booth) and it was the essence of this that was the intial idea for the show. The idea was people would be able to host their own shows without needing a full crew to get it on air, and mix chat with music and whatever people wanted. The "skeleton crew" idea was also in order to cope with the anticpated collapse in active membership at the start of 2003/4.

The four inputs on the vision mixer were assigned to the camera, the two VCRs and a "guest" source - which included pen cameras, [[DeathStar]], a computer next door in the control room (for internet reviews) and live TV channels. The "broom cupboard" also finally provided a handy area for the NaffoCue operator to sit in during programmes such as [[YSTV Week]], with the technology for that built into bottom of the small set. Long term, should the concept take off, the idea was to use the set also as a general "presentation" area - for example doing live or pre-recorded in-vision links into programmes - to give budding presenters more chances to get on air.

After an off-air pilot in May 2003 the set was shifted from the fire escape corner to just in front of the entrance to the studio at the start of the 2003/4 academic year to allow bigger productions to make use of the full back wall of the studio (eventually settling on the [[YSTV Week]] set in one corner and other productions in the fire escape corner). A few special [[Freshers' Week]] shows followed, including one on the very first night of term, aiming at getting people in bars watching our output when conversation dried up with their new housemates. Word was then put about to freshers that presenters were wanted for the new slot every afternoon between 1600 and 1800, replacing the TMF-simulcast Music Videos slot that usually went out at that time, as a warm up to the evening's programmes. Jonathan in particular was keen to get as much YSTV-produced output on air as possible, in order to fight against the campus cliche that "all YSTV ever shows is The Simpsons". Off The Cuff was to be a key part of this push as it would go out at a time when the audience in front of campus TVs was beginning to grow as lectures finished.

[[Image:broomcupboard.jpg|thumb|right|Off The Cuff with Jonathan and Ed and an example of trying to decorate the back walls, which presenters were encouraged to do]]

[[Image:YSTV Jan 2004 03.JPG|thumb|left|The broom cupboard as seen from behind the news desk]]

After the set was used successfully for [[Children In Need 2003]] to drum up interest (and partly because there wasn't enough crew to do a full show) the afternoon slot finally launched in January 2004, losing the bubble tube to give the presenters a bit more space and to avoid having an enormous tube of water balanced above a lot of equipment. Sadly there were many problems, including the set being quite difficult to learn how to control, the music videos (taped from TMF) having to be cued from ageing VHS machines, the components of the set frequently being removed for OBs or testing and above all lack of interest or ability to hold together a two hour TV show as would be easy on the radio. The pressures of the term meant the show effectively ended once pre-production for [[Elections 2004]] really kicked in, and after a period of inactivity the set was dismantled in May 2004 during the [[YSTV Clean-Up]] when it was decided by the new officers that it was unlikely to be used in the future. The irony was that with a growing active membership and advancements in technology making hard-drive playout of the videos possible the show would have been easier to run after this point - but naturally no-one was willing to put in the effort a second time after it hadn't really worked initially.

A gallery of Off The Cuff images can be seen [[Off The Cuff gallery|here]].

{{YSTV Productions}}
[[Category:Productions]]

YSTV London

2010-09-29T10:34:31Z

Jonathan: list of events

[[Image:ystvlondon.gif|thumb|right]]

YSTV London is the informal umbrella name for recent YSTV alumni (or [[Old Farts]]) living in the capital city and surrounding areas, with the aim for the members that inevitably move down to London for career purposes to be able to continue to meet up and socialise as previously done in the YSTV mothership

The first official YSTV London "event" was a Christmas 2006 social to (appropriately enough) the London branch of Reflex. Since then there has been a Christmas party every year, with some other occasions too. These events have also been attended by [[Old Farts]] from other parts of the country. Gatherings have included:

*December 2006 - 80s Christmas party
*December 2007 - High School Musical/back-to-school Christmas party (including alcopops!)
*April 2008 - York visit
*July 2008 - Jon and Kate's Summer Fete
*December 2008 - Rowan and Dave's Christmas Rave
*April 2009 - York visit
*October 2009 - Halloween fancy dress party
*December 2009 - no specific theme but notable for having YSTV members stretching from 2002 to 2009 in attendance
*December 2010 - Christmas Banquet

LipSync

2010-08-08T18:50:58Z

Jonathan:

Ben Tattersall-Smith

2010-05-26T11:35:21Z

Jonathan: Job update

He was tall, Scottish tended to wear boxer shorts with rubber chickens on them. Ben, or Bits as no-one in partiular called him, served YSTV between 2004 and 2007 as both [[Production Director]] and [[Advertising Manager]]. Ben also contributed by producing [[Elevator Music]] and [[The Sofa Show]]. He also dabbled in stand-up comedy and moonlighted over at 'the dark side', usually known as [[URY]].

After three years at Sky, Ben joined ITV as a Social Media Producer in May 2010.

[[Category:People|Tattersall-Smith]]

G/046

2010-03-26T10:05:58Z

Jonathan: James

During the summer of 1994 YSTV moved into G/046. They were no strangers to this room as it had been used as the control room for Election Night for the two preceding years. The previous occupiers of the room were the Psychology department, now on their way to a purpose built block next to James College. They had tailored it to their own requirements with a series of small partitioned areas within the main room. See the [[interregnum]] page for details on the story leading up to YSTV's move into G/046. At this point the SU offices and several other societies were located along the same corridor in Goodricke College so it seemed a sensible place for YSTV to join them.
[[Image:19940318_goodricke-studio_Adrian-Jones.jpg|thumb|right|G/046 during conversion]]

== Conversion ==

Before YSTV took ownership of the room, it required a significant amount of refurbishment to allow it to function successfully as the studio of a campus television station. The design for the refurbishment was developed in-house at the University of York. [[Dominic Plunkett]] provided technical advice to the architect Rory. The large room was divided into two main areas, studio and control room/office area. The studio was soundproofed from the control room by two sets of doors with a short corridor in between. In addition the partition wall between the rooms was made up to two layers of plasterboard. Additional insulation of the rest the studio walls was provided by adding an inner wall of plasterboard some 2" inside the original walls. This meant of course that all the original wiring, wall fittings and so on disappeared behind this wall surface, much to the confusion of later students.

Considerable costs were incurred in removing Asbestos from the ceiling voids and tiles, and in arranging ventelation for the studio, which now had no windows or doors to the outside world. Unfortunately this remains a problem, with the fans being noisy and ineffectual against the heat produced by studio lights in summer.

The design also addressed the issue of electrical safety. The station would consume a great deal of power, especially running the lighting rig in the studio. There would also be substantial amounts of equipment thta must be kept running 24/7 as well as that which needed to be turned off when the station was not in use. An additional mains circuit was installed in the control room which was switched by an RCD near the door. This provided switched power for anything that was not needed 24/7. The two circuits were sometimes referred to as temporary and permanent. In the studio, two rows of sockets were provided, each fed via their own 32A cable from the main distribution boards via RCD switches. Descending from the ceiling void above the rows were a set of mains plugs that were wired back to a series of sockets on the ceiling, used to power the lighting rig. No dimmers were available on the system (due to a lack of funds), so lights were switched on and off via the mains socket switches. Later a 2-channel dimmer fitted with 13A plugs was set up, but could only run a small part of the lighting rig. A proper dimmed installation was finally done in {{unsure|2002}} when a pair of Pulsar Status (6-channel 30A each) dimmers were donated, which are fed from the 32A feed cables and used to feed the lighting rig via IEC patch panels.

Unfortunately during the initial design phase it came to pass that SU Ents Tech required a storage room for their equipment. A section of the raised area next to the entrance way was partitioned off for this purpose. SU Ents Tech treated their equipment with great care. However, once it was within the flight case it was a different story. Frequently, late night operations in the control room would be disturbed by banging and crashing emanating from the Ents Tech cupboard.

This abuse of the wall between Ents and YSTV was brought to a head in 2000 when the damage to the wall caused the "temporary" ring main cable to be broken close to it's connection to the RCD feeding it, which was mounted on this wall. This converted the heavily loaded ring main into a radial circuit with around half the capacity, thus causing it to start smoking shortly before a show was due to go out. The up-side of this damage was that the costs of re-wiring the station (again) were met from the Ents and Safety budgets of the SU not from YSTV funds, despite the fact that the replacement wiring was considerably more flexible. The Control Room was given 3 independent ring mains switched from a new box near the windows, allowing the main equipment to sit on one, and the monitor rack to be split between the other two. This allowed the [[Cub Conversion]] colour monitors to be deployed without the switch-on surges tripping the circuits out. The four ring mains are now normally known as CCT1, CCT2, CCT3 and PERM, with a separate CCT4 switched ring available in the studio, independent of the lighting rig and permanent power.

[[Image:19940628_ystv-goodricke-studio_studio-wiring.jpg|thumb|left|installation of studio wiring]]
Some programs had been broadcast from the new studio during the summer term of 1994 (for example [[Week by Week]]). However, due to other pressing matters (exams) not all the fitment was complete. The studio lacked any organised method of patching signals to and from the studio and control room. Cables were sent directly from equipment in the control room to the corresponding equipment in the studio, leading to a mass of spaghetti at the hole in the wall. During the latter half of the summer term a patching system of cables was devised. A number of connection boxes were spread around the studio and control room. The realisation of the system was greatly assisted by [[Dominic Plunkett]], who managed to obtain a large quantity of high quality connectors from Neutrick by some unknown means. Each connection box contained 6 female XLR, 4 male XLR, 6 isolated BNC and 2 D9. In the studio, these fed back to the hole in the wall between the studio and control room via a custom built plywood and spruce conduit. The was constructed by [[Adrian Jones]] and [[Owain Davies]] using the [[Chris Kwouk]]'s drill. In fact, Chris' drill almost had almost a permanent home in the studio during this time, where it was invaluable in many construction projects. The cables routed back to the main patching panels in the studio next to the hole in the wall and the YSTV rack. Each connector type went onto a different panel (apart from the D9). The cut-outs on the main panels and the connector boxes were made by [[Paul Hollow]] and Owain using the punch set on the top floor of Physics/Electronics. Each panel was hinged allowing it to swing open. Somehow Owain ended up with the job of soldering all the connectors to the cables which he did while listening to Ray Cokes on MTV. At the time, some people commented on the strange numbering system for the boxes (9, 8, 7 etc). This was due to an equal quantity of each cable numbering marker being acquired by Owain. Each cable was given a two digit label, connection box number and then cable number. If the boxes were numbered 1,2,3 etc, the numbers at the lower end would have run out, so the connection boxes were given high numbers.

== Opening ==

[[Image:OpeningG046.png|left|thumb|160px|The director general, Greg Dyke, and Ron Cooke]]
[[Image:Grapevine_article_new_studi.jpg|left|thumb|160px|Grapevine article about the opening]]

Move-in occurred during the latter half of the summer term of 1994. [[Week by Week]] was one of the first programs to be broadcast from the hastily constructed studio on the 15th June 1994. Although the University had done a grand job in refurbishment, additional touches were required. A control desk and monitor rack was assembled using elements of the racking system from the previous studio. Cable was laid from a central patch bay on the control room side to the set of mini patch panels in the studio via the ceiling void and inside the partition wall between the two rooms, which remains in use today.

The studio was officially opened by [[Greg Dyke]] 29th October 1994.

== Heslington East ==
In October 2009 Goodricke College was officially "rehomed" on the new Heslington East campus, with the former buildings that comprised it being re-allocated to James College. This means that although still in the same location, YSTV can now be found in James College.

YSTV Timeline

2010-03-26T10:04:15Z

Jonathan: James

==1960s==
* October 1967 - First society stall recruiting members for [[York University Tele-Film Productions]].
* 21st November 1967 - [[Newsround|inaugural YSTV broadcast]] from the Chemistry department.
*1969 - longest [[Newsround]] interview ever with Vice-Chancellor, Lord James, on subject of Student Demos.
*1969 - Germaine Greer and Frank Muir make contributions.

==1970s==
*1970 - Still only in B&W with five monitors - Alcuin, Derwent, Langwith, Goodricke and Vanbrugh, transmitted from studios in [[P/S/016|Physics labs]].

==1980s==
[[image:Unknown-Benet-Helen-Crampton-filming.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Careful...]]
* 20th October 1986 - inaugural [[Primary Colour|YSTV colour]] broadcast. At this time YSTV could only be watched on seven screens - one in each of Alcuin, Derwent, Langwith, Goodricke, Physics, Vanbrugh, Wentworth. The University's CCTV network was a rudimentary form of power-and-data over a 100V circuit which required special monitors.

* January 1988 - YSTV Breaks the World Record for the longest continuous broadcast by 1 director ([[Keith Hide-Smith]]) and earns a place in the Guinness Book of Records with [[Breaker 88]].

==1990s==
* June 1993 - YSTV loses its studio in [[P/X/002|Physics]] and is left homeless.
* 29th October 1994 - YSTV's [[G/046|Goodricke Studio]] opened by [[Greg Dyke]].
* April 1996 - contingent from YSTV attend [[NaSTA 1996]] at UEA
* 5th April 1996 - YSTV featured on Planet 24's Hotel Babylon programme.
* April 1997 - YSTV hosts the National Student Television Association ([[NaSTA]]) Conference.
* 21st November 1997 - [[YSTV 30]] - featured on Tyne Tees News.
* 10th July 1998 - YSTV goes digital with the purchase of the [[The Mac|Media100qx Editing System]].
* September 1998 - YSTV begins a network improvement program.

==2000s==
* January 2000 - YSTV produces a programme for BBC Choice titled The [[Making of Bulletin]].
* June 2000 - YSTV appeared on Channel 4's Big Breakfast, competing for a chance to make a 90 second programme live on air.
* January 2001 - YSTV received new camera and editing equipment as part of a deal with [[Einstein TV]]
* May 2001 - the constitution was reorganised, creating the present team-based structure.
* January 2002 - the [[Einstein TV]] deal fell apart and the new gear was taken back by the company.
* April 2002 - YSTV hosts the [[NaSTA]] conference.
* May 2002 - YSTV buys a 3CCD miniDV camera (a Panasonic NVGS300) to replace the Einstein equipment.
* 21st November 2002 - [[YSTV 35]] - low-key celebrations of another anniversary.
* 6th October 2003 - YSTV commences broadcasting programmes from a video server.
* 10th October 2004 - YSTV's live stream is viewable from student bedrooms, and programmes on demand world wide.
* 26th May 2005 - [[Greg Dyke]] returns to the studio he opened a decade previously for an in-depth interview.
* 13th January 2006 - YSTV [[Webstream Launch]] show. The web stream now goes out to the whole world!
* 31st March - 2nd April 2006 - YSTV jointly hosts the [[NaSTA]] conference with ls:tv in Leeds.
* 30th June 2007 - YSTV celebrated 40 years with a special birthday dinner and event for members past and present.
* 17th November 2007 - YSTV celebrated 40 years on air with a live four-hour programme.
* December 2008 - YSTV is awarded a grant from the Alumni Fund to purchase 3 new studio cameras.
* October 2009 - Goodricke College is officially relocated to the new Heslington East campus. Although still in the same location as before, YSTV is now part of James College.

Kate Rushworth

2010-03-16T14:47:59Z

Jonathan: job update

Kev Larkin

2010-03-16T14:22:09Z

Jonathan: job update

After many an afternoon politics lecture spent bemoaning the quality of his social life and professing his love for the more kitsch end of televisual presentation, Kev was eventually pushed into YSTV by [[Vanky]] in May 2005.

Before he graduated in 2006, Kev held the posts of [[Social Secretary]] and then [[Controller of Factual Programming]] before becoming co-[[Controller of News and Current Affairs]] and then [[Scheduling Manager]]. He co-produced [[YSTV Week]], [[Elections 2006]] and produced a revamped, purple-centric version of the campus hack chinwag-athon that was [[Bona Dicta]].

He is one of the founder members of [[YSTV London]] with [[Jonathan Bufton]], [[Kate Rushworth]] and [[Tom Hughes]], and now has indulged his love of news further by completing an MA in Broadcast Journalism at City University in London. As of April 2010 he is a Broadcast Journalist for Town 102 in Ipswich.

[[Category:People|Larkin]]

Off The Cuff

2010-02-17T10:28:23Z

Jonathan:

{{Production Info
|name=Off The Cuff
|logofile=offthecufflogo.jpg
|genre=Light Entertainment
|start date=May 2003 (pilot), October 2003 (on-air)
|end date=February 2004
|producers=Whoever wanted to!
}}

[[Image:YSTV Jan 2004 04.JPG|thumb|left|The broom cupboard set]]

In March 2003 YSTV received a lot of equipment from a company called {{unsure|Accenture}}, including a DV camera, a security camera now known as ''[[DeathStar]]'', [[pen camera]]s, a large equipment desk and a new vision mixer. Whilst this meant the usual DaVE vision mixer wouldn't have to be trundled out to OBs, it left the new [[Panasonic Max]] (as it was christened) lying dormant most of the time.

With new content desperately needed for the station [[Jonathan Bufton]], [[Dave Baker]] and [[Ed Jellard]] - encouraged by the outgoing active membership - installed it in a corner of the studio, with some spare setboards, monitors, a small desk, a bubble tube and the new OB sound desk. The setup echoed - OK, entirely copied - the "broom cupboard" Children's BBC set of the late 80s and early 90s (which was actually the BBC1 continuity announcer's booth). The idea was people would be able to host their own shows without needing a full crew to get it on air, and mix chat with music and whatever people wanted. The "skeleton crew" idea was also in order to cope with the anticpated collapse in active membership at the start of 2003/4.

The four inputs on the vision mixer were assigned to the camera, the two VCRs and a "guest" source - which included pen cameras, [[DeathStar]], a computer next door in the control room (for internet reviews) and live TV channels. The "broom cupboard" also provided a handy booth for the NaffoCue operator to sit in during programmes such as [[YSTV Week]], with the technology for that cleverly built into the small set. Long term, should the concept take off, the idea was to use the set also as a general "presentation" area - for example doing live or pre-recorded in-vision links into programmes - to give budding presenters more chances to get on air.

After an off-air pilot in May 2003 the set was shifted from the fire escape corner to just in front of the entrance to the studio at the start of the 2003/4 academic year to allow bigger productions to make use of the full back wall of the studio (eventually settling on the [[YSTV Week]] set in one corner and other productions in the fire escape corner). A few special [[Freshers' Week]] shows followed, including one on the very first night of term, aiming at getting people in bars watching our output when conversation dried up with their new housemates. Word was then put about to freshers that presenters were wanted for the new slot every afternoon between 1600 and 1800, replacing the TMF-simulcast Music Videos slot that usually went out at that time, as a warm up to the evening's programmes. Jonathan in particular was keen to get as much YSTV-produced output on air as possible, in order to fight back against the campus cliche that "all YSTV ever shows is The Simpsons", and Off The Cuff was to be a key part of this push as it would go out at a time when the audience in front of campus TVs was beginning to grow as lectures finished.

[[Image:broomcupboard.jpg|thumb|right|Off The Cuff with Jonathan and Ed and an example of trying to decorate the back walls, which presenters were encouraged to do]]

[[Image:YSTV Jan 2004 03.JPG|thumb|left|The broom cupboard as seen from behind the news desk]]

After the set was used successfully for [[Children In Need 2003]] (partly to drum up interest and partly because there wasn't enough crew to do a full show) the afternoon slot finally launched in January 2004 (losing the bubble tube to give the presenters a bit more space, and to avoid having an enormous tube of water balanced above a lot of equipment). Sadly there were many problems, including the set being quite difficult to learn how to control, the music videos (taped from TMF) having to be cued from ageing VHS machines, the components of the set frequently being removed for OBs or testing and above all lack of interest or ability to hold together a two hour TV show as would be easy on the radio. The pressures of the term meant the show effectively ended once pre-production for [[Elections 2004]] really kicked in, and after a period of inactivity the set was dismantled in May 2004 during the [[YSTV Clean-Up]] when it was decided by the new officers that it was unlikely to be used in the future. The irony was that with a growing active membership and advancements in technology making hard-drive playout of the videos possible the show would have been easier to run after this point - but naturally no-one was willing to put in the effort a second time after it hadn't really worked initially.

A gallery of Off The Cuff images can be seen [[Off The Cuff gallery|here]].

{{YSTV Productions}}
[[Category:Productions]]

Off The Cuff

2010-02-15T20:40:57Z

Jonathan:

{{Production Info
|name=Off The Cuff
|logofile=offthecufflogo.jpg
|genre=Light Entertainment
|start date=May 2003
|end date=May 2004
|producers=Whoever wanted to!
}}

[[Image:YSTV Jan 2004 04.JPG|thumb|left|The broom cupboard set]]

In March 2003 YSTV received a lot of equipment from a company called {{unsure|Accenture}}, including a DV camera, a security camera now known as ''[[DeathStar]]'', [[pen camera]]s, a large equipment desk and a new vision mixer. Whilst this meant the usual DaVE vision mixer wouldn't have to be trundled out to OBs, it left the new [[Panasonic Max]] (as it was christened) lying dormant most of the time.

With new content desperately needed for the station [[Jonathan Bufton]], [[Dave Baker]] and [[Ed Jellard]] - encouraged by the outgoing active membership - installed it in a corner of the studio, with some spare setboards, monitors, a small desk, a bubble tube and the new OB sound desk. The setup echoed - OK, entirely copied - the "broom cupboard" Children's BBC set of the late 80s and early 90s (which was actually the BBC1 continuity announcer's booth). The idea was people would be able to host their own shows without needing a full crew to get it on air, and mix chat with music and whatever people wanted. The "skeleton crew" idea was also in order to cope with the anticpated collapse in active membership at the start of 2003/4.

The four inputs on the vision mixer were assigned to the camera, the two VCRs and a "guest" source - which included pen cameras, [[DeathStar]], a computer next door in the control room (for internet reviews) and live TV channels. The "broom cupboard" also provided a handy booth for the NaffoCue operator to sit in during programmes such as [[YSTV Week]], with the technology for that cleverly built into the small set. Long term, should the concept take off, the idea was to use the set also as a general "presentation" area - for example doing live or pre-recorded in-vision links into programmes - to give budding presenters more chances to get on air.

After an off-air pilot in May 2003 the set was shifted from the fire escape corner to just in front of the entrance to the studio at the start of the 2003/4 academic year to allow bigger productions to make use of the full back wall of the studio (eventually settling on the [[YSTV Week]] set in one corner and other productions in the fire escape corner). A few special [[Freshers' Week]] shows followed, including one on the very first night of term, aiming at getting people in bars watching our output when conversation dried up with their new housemates. Word was then put about to freshers that presenters were wanted for the new slot every afternoon between 1600 and 1800, replacing the TMF-simulcast Music Videos slot that usually went out at that time, as a warm up to the evening's programmes. Jonathan in particular was keen to get as much YSTV-produced output on air as possible, in order to fight back against the campus cliche that "all YSTV ever shows is The Simpsons", and Off The Cuff was to be a key part of this push as it would go out at a time when the audience in front of campus TVs was beginning to grow as lectures finished.

[[Image:broomcupboard.jpg|thumb|right|Off The Cuff with Jonathan and Ed and an example of trying to decorate the back walls, which presenters were encouraged to do]]

[[Image:YSTV Jan 2004 03.JPG|thumb|left|The broom cupboard as seen from behind the news desk]]

After the set was used successfully for [[Children In Need 2003]] (partly to drum up interest and partly because there wasn't enough crew to do a full show) the afternoon slot finally launched in January 2004 (losing the bubble tube to give the presenters a bit more space, and to avoid having an enormous tube of water balanced above a lot of equipment). Sadly there were many problems, including the set being quite difficult to learn how to control, the music videos (taped from TMF) having to be cued from ageing VHS machines, the components of the set frequently being removed for OBs or testing and above all lack of interest or ability to hold together a two hour TV show as would be easy on the radio. The pressures of the term meant the show effectively ended once pre-production for [[Elections 2004]] really kicked in, and after a period of inactivity the set was dismantled in May 2004 during the [[YSTV Clean-Up]] when it was decided by the new officers that it was unlikely to be used in the future. The irony was that with a growing active membership and advancements in technology making hard-drive playout of the videos possible the show would have been easier to run after this point - but naturally no-one was willing to put in the effort a second time after it hadn't really worked initially.

A gallery of Off The Cuff images can (shortly) be seen [[Off The Cuff gallery|here]].

{{YSTV Productions}}
[[Category:Productions]]

File:Rowan & Dave's Birthday 01.JPG

2010-02-15T20:39:16Z

Jonathan:

Station Directors 2003-2007. L-R [[Dave Baker]] (2003-4), [[Rowan de Pomerai]] (2004-5), [[Sarah Leese]] (2005-6) and [[Matthew Tole]] (2006-7).

File:Rowan & Dave's Birthday 01.JPG

2010-02-15T20:37:42Z

Jonathan:

Station Directors 2003-2007

Station Directors

2010-02-15T20:37:14Z

Jonathan: add pic of mid 00s SDs

The bosses. Well, in theory…

==1960s==
* 1967-68: [[David Crossley]] (Station Founder)
* 1968-69: [[Sieta Rijkelijkhuizen]]
* 1969-70: [[Michael Jeans-Jakobsson]]

==1970s==
* 1970: [[Michael Jeans-Jakobsson]]
* 1971: [[Jeremy Fox]]
*{{unsure|1972}}: [[Colin Stanbridge]]
*{{unsure|1973}}: [[Tom Gutteridge]]
*{{unsure|1974}}: [[Vin Arthey]]

==1980s==
* {{unsure|1981}}: [[Adrian Rodaway]]
* 1982-83: [[Alex Pillai]]
* 1983-84: [[Alex Pillai]]
* 1984-85: [[Nigel Smith]]
* 1985-86: [[Chris Huggett]]
* 1986-87: [[Kath Grinsted]]

==1990s==
* 1992-93: [[David Bartlett]]
* 1993-94: [[Karen Bagley]] then [[David Bunting]]
* 1994-95: [[Chris Kwouk]]
* 1995-96: [[Andy Robinson]]
* 1996-97: [[Graham Quince]]
* 1997-98: [[Chris Parker]]
* 1998-99: [[Debbie Rule]]
* 1999-00: [[Chris Ward]]

==2000s==
[[Image:Rowan_&_Dave's_Birthday_01.JPG|thumb|right|Station Directors 2003-2007 at a party in London, May 2008]]
* 2000-01: [[Peter Bowles]], then [[Jenny Gordon]]
* 2001-02: [[Jenny Gordon]]
* 2002-03: [[Kevin Bowman]]
* 2003-04: [[Dave Baker]]
* 2004-05: [[James Flinders]], then [[Dave Baker]], then [[Rowan de Pomerai]]
* 2005-06: [[Sarah Leese]]
* 2006-07: [[Matthew Tole]]
* 2007-08: [[Mark Friend]]
* 2008-09: [[Alex Appleton]]
* 2009-10: [[Tom Gregory]], then [[Richard McLoughlin]]

{{Officers}}

File:Rowan & Dave's Birthday 01.JPG

2010-02-15T20:33:34Z

Jonathan: Station Directors 2002-2006

Station Directors 2002-2006

Soldering with Adrian

2010-02-15T19:57:52Z

Jonathan: Added ed

A little clip from this appears in the [[Closure]] compilation. The Adrian of the title is [[Adrian Jones]]. [[Image:Solderingwithadrian.jpg|thumb|left|Still from [[Closure]]]]
[[Image:Soldering.jpg|thumb|right|"Soldering with Ed", Jan 2004]]

This was not a programme or a short spoof. Sometime circa 1992/3, a number of techies were fixing things in [[P/X/002]] on a Wednesday afternoon, and due to lack of space in the office/workshop, Adrian took whatever he was fixing into the studio to work on it. Some bright spark switched on a camera, pointed it at Adrian, and then went live to network...

The caption simply says "Soldering With Adrian" and the picture shows Adrian sat at a table, soldering. A scrolling caption invites viewers to ring YSTV on 2460 (amazingly still the same internal number as today) for soldering advice.

This acquired somewhat legendary status during the early 2000s at YSTV and in tribute a short segment of [[Off The Cuff]] in January 2004 was dedicated to "Soldering With [[Ed Jellard| Ed]]".

{{YSTV Productions}}
[[Category:Productions]]

File:Soldering.jpg

2010-02-15T19:56:45Z

Jonathan: Soldering with Ed

Soldering with Ed

Ben Tattersall-Smith

2010-02-15T19:08:44Z

Jonathan:

He was tall, Scottish tended to wear boxer shorts with rubber chickens on them. Ben, or Bits as no-one in partiular called him, served YSTV between 2004 and 2007 as both [[Production Director]] and [[Advertising Manager]]. Ben also contributed by producing [[Elevator Music]] and [[The Sofa Show]]. He also dabbled in stand-up comedy and moonlighted over at 'the dark side', usually known as [[URY]].

Now an editor of Sky 1 online!

[[Category:People|Tattersall-Smith]]

Off The Cuff gallery

2010-02-15T19:03:45Z

Jonathan: Added loads of pics

A selection of photos from the short but eventful life of Off The Cuff. More to come from other presenters when I find the tapes!

{|
|-
|[[Image:Jonanddave.jpg]]
|[[Image:Vision.jpg]]
|[[Image:Tv.jpg]]
|-
|[[Image:Squeeze.jpg]]
|[[Image:Pizza2.jpg]]
|[[Image:Green.jpg]]
|-
|[[Image:Empty.jpg]]
|[[Image:Dave.jpg]]
|[[Image:Cap.jpg]]
|-
|[[Image:Help.jpg]]
|[[Image:Slash.JPG]]
|[[Image:foam.jpg]]
|-
|}

File:Foam.jpg

2010-02-15T19:02:25Z

Jonathan: Chaos at the end of Children In Need. DON'T ANYONE TOUCH ANYTHING! November 2003.

Chaos at the end of Children In Need. DON'T ANYONE TOUCH ANYTHING! November 2003.

File:Jonanddave.jpg

2010-02-15T18:57:42Z

Jonathan: Jonathan and Dave get on down. January 2004.

Jonathan and Dave get on down. January 2004.

File:Vision.jpg

2010-02-15T18:56:43Z

Jonathan: Inferior campus media during the paper review. Freshers' Week 2003.

Inferior campus media during the paper review. Freshers' Week 2003.

File:Tv.jpg

2010-02-15T18:55:31Z

Jonathan: Goodricke TV showing YSTV output during Freshers' Week 2003.

Goodricke TV showing YSTV output during Freshers' Week 2003.

File:Squeeze.jpg

2010-02-15T18:54:23Z

Jonathan: Jonathan attempts a video squeeze but doesn't have much room left to move. Freshers' Week 2003.

Jonathan attempts a video squeeze but doesn't have much room left to move. Freshers' Week 2003.