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Clarification of the origins of this "programme"
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A little clip from this appears in the [[Closure]] compilation. The Adrian of the title is [[Adrian Jones]]. [[Image:Solderingwithadrian.jpg|thumb|right|Still from [[Closure]]]] | A little clip from this appears in the [[Closure]] compilation. The Adrian of the title is [[Adrian Jones]]. [[Image:Solderingwithadrian.jpg|thumb|right|Still from [[Closure]]]] | ||
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]]". | 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]]". | ||