:00:17. > :00:27.Next on UTV is the The Magic Box. Hang on, eggs on the BBC! I'm UTV.
:00:27. > :00:28.
:00:28. > :00:38.It is awfully confusing. Anyway, sit back and enjoy this spectacular
:00:38. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:14.APPLAUSE But ladies and gentlemen, live on BBC Northern Ireland and on
:01:14. > :01:24.UTV. Up it is my great pleasure to introduce your host for the evening,
:01:24. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:37.Thank you very much. Good to see you, good evening, welcome to the
:01:37. > :01:40.The Magic Box, a piece of television history. Not just
:01:40. > :01:44.because tonight we move into the digital age, but because for the
:01:44. > :01:48.first time ever UTV and BBC Northern Ireland are sharing the
:01:48. > :01:52.airwaves and transmitting the same programme at the same time. Tonight
:01:52. > :01:57.is magic because it is an amazing story. It covers 60 years involving
:01:57. > :02:01.so many people, many in the studio tonight. Let's start with the
:02:01. > :02:06.person who just introduced me. You will know him as the voice of
:02:06. > :02:13.satellite, -- Saturday night, he has mastered entertainment, the man
:02:13. > :02:23.who makes the tax factor, it is Peter Dixon! -- the man who makes
:02:23. > :02:23.
:02:23. > :02:28.Don't encourage him! But you are all part of the story, you are part
:02:28. > :02:33.of this The Magic Box, and for you it all started here.
:02:33. > :02:37.It did indeed, my first job was on BBC Radio Ulster, at the same time
:02:37. > :02:43.you win at UTV. My very first job was the glamour
:02:43. > :02:47.this role of reading of the stock prices on Radio Ulster at 6pm.
:02:47. > :02:52.What way did they call? And actually have the original
:02:52. > :03:00.script with me tonight. Can give you a little flavour.
:03:00. > :03:07.Hobbit, down two shillings, skiers come up �1.60, to �12.60 shillings
:03:07. > :03:12.and fourpence! Lovely.
:03:12. > :03:16.As you can probably tell, I had no idea what I was talking about it.
:03:16. > :03:24.Anyway, happy days. If it ever was wrong at the at
:03:24. > :03:28.Hydra... Peter is just one of the many
:03:28. > :03:35.people who played their part in our 60 your journey. We have another
:03:35. > :03:38.one here. The biggest thing to happen to that -- did his
:03:38. > :03:48.television is the digital switchover. We're delighted to see
:03:48. > :03:53.
:03:53. > :03:58.the person chosen to actually do That is the good news, the bad news
:03:58. > :04:03.is that will happen in 50 minutes' time and it is up on the mountain?
:04:03. > :04:07.Do you still do any running? If you're coming with me.
:04:08. > :04:16.What do you do? Do you pillock a plug? And I press a button, I
:04:16. > :04:20.believe. A -- do you pull out a plug.
:04:20. > :04:25.A lot of my friends have been e- mailing me saying, don't do it
:04:25. > :04:29.tonight, I'm not ready! That is a whole other thing. Thank
:04:29. > :04:32.you very much. Who would have imagined when the television was a
:04:32. > :04:36.great box made of valves and knobs that our screens would be flat,
:04:36. > :04:43.nobody would have good bit of this will fat to change channels and,
:04:43. > :04:47.strangest of all, you could watch a programme you had missed. Now, you
:04:47. > :04:57.don't have to watch TV, you can do it on you to -- on your tablet
:04:57. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:03.computer, and let's look back at In the early 1950s, having a
:05:03. > :05:06.television was a luxury enjoyed by the very few. People who relied on
:05:07. > :05:13.the radio all their lives were a little suspicious of the new
:05:13. > :05:16.technology, and what it may bring. It is surely the greatest moment in
:05:16. > :05:22.television history, as we take you now into the heart of London to
:05:22. > :05:26.witness these memorable events. Northern Ireland's first television
:05:26. > :05:31.broadcast was the Coronation in 1953. The local transmitter was
:05:31. > :05:36.housed in an old Nissen hut, and most of the time programmes were
:05:36. > :05:42.relayed from London. The first locally-produced magazine programme,
:05:42. > :05:46.the Ulster murder, began broadcasting fortnightly from 1954.
:05:46. > :05:50.This is the BBC television service with a programme specially for
:05:50. > :05:54.viewers in Northern Ireland. Local news bulletins began three
:05:54. > :05:57.the years later, then, in a bottle by 1959...
:05:57. > :06:03.It is Mike unique privilege to be the first person to appear before
:06:03. > :06:08.you on Ulster Television. Few was now had a choice of two
:06:08. > :06:13.channels, as UTV took to the air. - - viewers are now had a choice. At
:06:13. > :06:18.first it was just 20 minutes of programming each day, but it was
:06:18. > :06:28.soon making of iconic shows, like teatime with Tommy and children's
:06:28. > :06:29.
:06:29. > :06:35.The jack-in-the-box jumped out of his house, and that means it is
:06:35. > :06:41.time again. Today I can see Linda and Michael, and I can see Eamonn
:06:41. > :06:48.Holmes. Too late now! My little heart was
:06:48. > :06:54.broken! You never said my name. can see you now in the flesh.
:06:54. > :06:58.you get complaints with people writing to you saying you never
:06:58. > :07:01.mentioned my name? Yes, the Protestant said you never
:07:01. > :07:04.mentioned a cat books, the Catholic say do you never mention the
:07:04. > :07:11.Protestants. Is this Mr Doody?
:07:11. > :07:19.I am wondering if anybody knows the song? If I start will you all join
:07:19. > :07:29.I always do what right. I never do anything wrong.
:07:29. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:41.I'm a romper ring Doody, added the That just brought me back to being
:07:41. > :07:49.27 again. Brilliant. And Miss Adrian behind
:07:49. > :07:53.Jude de! -- behind you! You were there we saw Laurence Olivier
:07:53. > :07:59.pressing the button. Dame Mary Peters is turning us off tonight,
:07:59. > :08:02.he turned us on. You were there? I was there, and that evening after
:08:02. > :08:06.the official opening he read an epilogue.
:08:06. > :08:10.The next morning I found on my desk in his handwriting a list of all
:08:11. > :08:17.the pieces. He did not read one catalogue, but four. One was from
:08:17. > :08:22.the Bible, one was Joseph Adams, one was St Patrick and one was
:08:22. > :08:25.Shakespeare, of course. Every evening, the duty editor had to
:08:26. > :08:30.find a poem or a piece of prose to read, which turned out to be very
:08:30. > :08:38.successful. The first night was very successful, so is tonight.
:08:38. > :08:43.During the past week or so we have been asking you to vote online for
:08:43. > :08:53.your favourite magical moment on the box. The vote is still open, so
:08:53. > :09:02.
:09:02. > :09:06.here are some of the highlights you We have a can summon hens to ban...
:09:06. > :09:10.And a you are moving around too much, the camera can see you.
:09:10. > :09:19.The we have a can summon... We are supporting the ban, and the
:09:19. > :09:25.money is going up every year. I'll take it from here.
:09:25. > :09:30.You can't do this! De excuse me, Pope cardinal,
:09:30. > :09:36.cardinal Pope. This is an abomination, you heretic! Boat you
:09:36. > :09:46.Lord it about with me, I am the Pope. I knew we should have gone to
:09:46. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:26.Right, lads, sorry, but this is a more traditional group. Pass on
:10:26. > :10:32.
:10:32. > :10:35.Phenomenum. Phenomenon. Phenomemum. Phenomenum. Phenomenon. But traffic
:10:35. > :10:40.wardens are hardly a Belfast phenomemum. Ha-ha!
:10:40. > :10:48.Phen...phenomenom. Ha-ha! I can't get this.
:10:48. > :10:52.The train doesn't stop till it arrives in Dublin! Stop the train.
:10:52. > :11:02.I'm sorry, I can't do that. What the heavens, I'll do it. Oh
:11:02. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:33.APPLAUSE The to vote for the The Wee Man From Strabane, texture and
:11:33. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:49.Texts will be charged at the standard rate. It is one vote per
:11:49. > :11:51.
:11:51. > :11:55.number and further board would For some people, begin local TV has
:11:55. > :11:59.been a springboard to a wider audience. One local girl from
:11:59. > :12:05.Portadown started out as a sinner then became a production assistant.
:12:05. > :12:13.She worked for both BBC and UTV and is now one of our best loved
:12:13. > :12:18.exports on the small screen. She is A spoonful of sugar helps the
:12:18. > :12:22.medicine go down, the medicine go down.
:12:22. > :12:26.I must say, I am so disappointed I cannot be with you this evening,
:12:26. > :12:33.but I am actually heading to America. Other than that, it would
:12:33. > :12:39.be my greatest wish to be with you. Now I know why not all women drive
:12:39. > :12:41.Rolls-Royces, it is so comfortable. Everything I have today I ought to
:12:41. > :12:45.my broadcasting upbringing in Northern Ireland.
:12:45. > :12:48.I have stood at the sidelines of this game too long, I have to go
:12:48. > :12:52.and find out what football is all about.
:12:52. > :12:56.The very first day I studied at BBC Northern Ireland, Dan Gilbert, who
:12:56. > :12:59.gave me the job, brought me into the newsroom. He said you're not
:12:59. > :13:04.coming here to do the knitting and sewing and all the women's things.
:13:04. > :13:07.Remember, you are as good as anyone in this newsroom and you will be
:13:07. > :13:10.out on the streets in bombs, bullets and barricades, just like
:13:10. > :13:14.the rest. Christmas shopping anywhere can be
:13:14. > :13:18.difficult, but in Belfast with large sections of the sopping
:13:18. > :13:24.segregated of, you can find yourself searched anything up to 20
:13:24. > :13:29.times in a single afternoon. Happy birthday to you, happy
:13:29. > :13:32.birthday Fiona, happy birthday to you. There you go. I did good
:13:32. > :13:36.evening Ulster nightly for three years, the best learning curve I
:13:36. > :13:41.ever had a amongst all the other broadcasting I did. It trained me
:13:41. > :13:45.well and I live by it to this very day. I still enjoy the work, and I
:13:45. > :13:51.attribute all that to what I did in Northern Ireland.
:13:51. > :13:54.When I left, are very young, very slim boy got my job. He had
:13:54. > :13:58.previously been working on the farming programme, so I knew him in
:13:58. > :14:04.his wellingtons and short trousers. I don't think the viewers really
:14:04. > :14:10.knew much of him, but I emphasise, he was very trim and very young,
:14:10. > :14:12.and he came in and I know he did a brilliant job of taking over the
:14:12. > :14:17.mantle of seeing, good evening Ulster.
:14:17. > :14:20.I wish to wish Eamonn Holmes and everyone involved in the programme
:14:20. > :14:23.a happy evening. I have such brilliant memories of some of the
:14:23. > :14:33.eclipse this evening, so I send my love to all of you and I wish I
:14:33. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:50.She was a phenomenon, wasn't she? She was quite phenomenal. She was
:14:50. > :14:58.the Queen at that time without question. We used to watch her in
:14:58. > :15:06.the studio, and there was no autocue. You know how you have the
:15:06. > :15:11.words, she would walk right into the camera was no words, we used to
:15:11. > :15:17.say, I wish we could do that, and we never could. I wish you could
:15:17. > :15:24.sing like carrots well. I was a better singer than her. -- sing
:15:24. > :15:31.like her. For those of you watching, this is Northern Ireland's Mr sport.
:15:31. > :15:37.I was his apprentice. You work, you were solitary and slim at that time.
:15:37. > :15:42.You haven't really changed. Indeed. We were working at UTV during the
:15:42. > :15:47.Troubles, the sort of image that that gave of the country all around
:15:47. > :15:57.the world, it divided a lot of people, but sport brought everybody
:15:57. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:17.together and give us a reason to be Who said television was a
:16:17. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:16:59. > :17:05.I won the gold, I brought it back APPLAUSE.
:17:06. > :17:10.If that stirs emotions and reminds you of the times you jump up and
:17:10. > :17:15.down, here is proof that the same can happen to professionals. The
:17:15. > :17:25.game between Donegal and Kildare, and the commentator is Mark
:17:25. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:33.Sidebottom. And it is Cassidy, and it is galling and it is over, my
:17:33. > :17:40.God, it is Donegal, they have done it. They have done it, they have
:17:40. > :17:48.done it. It is over! The day belongs to them. I don't know how
:17:48. > :17:55.they have Dannette, but I know and he knows they have done it. He is
:17:55. > :18:01.in the audience tonight. We are frightened about getting you to
:18:01. > :18:09.dock. I knew from Donegal or Kildare? No. Sometimes you get
:18:09. > :18:15.caught up in the moment. We are in a privileged position. We become a
:18:15. > :18:24.conduit for the people, without them you are nothing. For anybody
:18:24. > :18:28.that says it is only a game? It is more than that. Obviously. And you
:18:29. > :18:36.were not drinking? As my colleague here says, you need to get into the
:18:36. > :18:43.moment. I was in the moment. Sometimes local television work its
:18:43. > :18:53.magic, shocked this, made us cry, laugh or yawn. Often we just wanted
:18:53. > :19:31.
:19:31. > :19:41.Mr Gerry Kelly. Mr Jon Daly. Mr That's none of your business. Thank
:19:41. > :20:04.
:20:04. > :20:14.you very much for watching, welcome # Don't go wasting my precious
:20:14. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:27.I tell you what I want, Gerry Kelly, who featured in one of those clubs.
:20:27. > :20:32.You had a young guest visit you. He predicted greatness for them.
:20:32. > :20:37.had heard about him, he had just won the under 10 his golf
:20:37. > :20:41.championships. Tiger would won it when he was nine years old. So we
:20:41. > :20:49.thought we would see this kid. I brought 10 men. I was speaking to
:20:49. > :20:52.him, what you do in the winter? He said I hit balls down the hall and
:20:52. > :20:58.we open the kitchen door and my mother opens the washing machine
:20:58. > :21:08.and I chip into it. I said, if you can do that in your home you can do
:21:08. > :21:08.
:21:08. > :21:15.it in the studio. This was the Whatever happened to that little
:21:16. > :21:25.boy? I've no idea, but I remember saying, remember the name, Rory
:21:25. > :21:33.McIlroy. Remember that name. John Daly, he is in the audience. Two
:21:33. > :21:39.Johns together. Do you remember this? Can we find out who is
:21:39. > :21:49.coughing? We will get something done. I think I know. Somebody is
:21:49. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:04.coughing in the audience. joking. For a lap women out.
:22:04. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:16.A lot of people mocked and ridiculed her, but a lot wanted to
:22:16. > :22:26.be like her, didn't they? Absolutely, there was nothing like
:22:26. > :22:32.
:22:32. > :22:41.Whatever happened to those out debts? I overheard him after words,
:22:41. > :22:46.asking if he could kick me out there. You know what they are like,
:22:46. > :22:56.they're like to dress up. It is coming up to at Hallowe'en. So if
:22:56. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:10.you see anything like that... Have Thank you very much. What about
:23:10. > :23:21.
:23:21. > :23:30.It was a sure that completely changed my life. The BBC gave me a
:23:31. > :23:35.new set of tools to Plymouth. The most important thing was it was
:23:35. > :23:42.completely alive. Everybody that work on it, from the camera crew to
:23:42. > :23:52.the producers, the team at the BBC, completely pulled the most amazing
:23:52. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:12.We had no trouble getting guests. People bit ridiculous things.
:24:12. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:30.The great thing about this part was it made people feel like they were
:24:30. > :24:31.
:24:31. > :24:41.at a party. We asked Rose Noelle, she was very serious, we got her to
:24:41. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:52.strip off and saying a Madonna song. -- sing. Some of the stuff we were
:24:52. > :24:54.great that, covering news and current affairs in Belfast, and
:24:54. > :25:02.after that show, we realised entertainment was something we
:25:02. > :25:12.could all do really well. That is something I am really proud of. I
:25:12. > :25:15.
:25:15. > :25:25.wish I was there, and I hope that I am going to ask what everybody
:25:25. > :25:30.else is thinking. My husband is the only man. The next thing, I was in
:25:30. > :25:40.a taxi, the taxi driver said he saw me on the TV. He asked me if I had
:25:40. > :25:41.
:25:41. > :25:51.had a drink. I said, no, that was the real Rose. Great to see you.
:25:51. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:07.As well as entertainers, TV gave us front row seats as history was made.
:26:07. > :26:07.
:26:07. > :26:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:26:55. > :27:05.25 years of IRA violence ended This is a perfectly balanced
:27:05. > :27:11.weekend. Joining me is four guys who report the news in Northern
:27:11. > :27:20.Ireland. Denis Murray, Paul Clark, Gordon Burns. Very good to see you.
:27:20. > :27:25.What was the rivalry like? There was rivalry? Do you remember that?
:27:25. > :27:31.Not at all. Whenever we were on the front line together, if anyone
:27:31. > :27:35.needed help, we helped each other. There may have been rivalry but we
:27:35. > :27:42.work together and we continue to work together. Did you ever worked
:27:42. > :27:46.with Brian Baird? I did, splendid news reader. Top professional. I am
:27:47. > :27:49.going to show you how professional. Here is a clap of the late Brian
:27:49. > :27:59.Here is a clap of the late Brian beard. Keep a lookout on his top
:27:59. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:11.lip. This gave new meaning to stiff Could you have done that? No, I
:28:11. > :28:15.would just left and it would have gone up my nose. Very good. Much of
:28:15. > :28:21.the news is dominated by politicians and they do not always
:28:21. > :28:25.appreciate the questions. Would you listen to the answer? I think that
:28:25. > :28:34.is a ridiculous question to put to May. We need to cut it there. Thank
:28:34. > :28:39.you. Thank you for nothing. Listen to the answer. Gerry Adams talks
:28:39. > :28:49.about expecting Santa Claus to come down the chimney. Santa clause
:28:49. > :29:01.
:29:01. > :29:07.You saw some of it there but now has some more small-screen drama.
:29:07. > :29:16.Northern Ireland has produced some of the best technicians. They have
:29:16. > :29:26.attracted critical acclaim. I will cripple you. You will cripple me?
:29:26. > :29:34.
:29:34. > :29:41.You just cannot sing. What time Way army will protect us.
:29:41. > :29:51.police and the army? It might protect you, but not ours.
:29:51. > :30:09.
:30:09. > :30:19.And now, one of our actors who got his break in front of a police car.
:30:19. > :30:20.
:30:20. > :30:24.-- Jimmy Ellis! Jimmy, that was the early 60s and you had to bring the
:30:24. > :30:31.Norwich -- Northern Irish accent into mainland Britain. How did you
:30:31. > :30:34.get the job? Well now, that is quite interesting.
:30:34. > :30:40.I went a long before the interview and met a lovely man called David
:30:40. > :30:47.Rose, who was the producer for the first period of time. I had so much
:30:48. > :30:54.bad luck, doors slammed in my face, and David Rose asked me the
:30:54. > :31:04.question, can you do a Liverpool Irish accent? Thinking on my feet I
:31:04. > :31:04.
:31:04. > :31:10.said, I am lovable Irish. But in fact was true. J and it worked very
:31:10. > :31:14.well, thank you very much indeed, Jimmy...
:31:14. > :31:17.I was on next door... Thank you very much Jimmy, I have
:31:17. > :31:27.been move on, because if they are watching UTV they're getting their
:31:27. > :31:30.
:31:30. > :31:37.advert, we can talk when it is just the BBC. If you want to walk, don't
:31:37. > :31:41.bother because the lender closed. UTV are leaving for their
:31:41. > :31:46.commercial break, so if you are watching UTV, see you later. But
:31:46. > :31:56.the BBC is going nowhere. One man who went on to international
:31:56. > :32:10.
:32:10. > :32:15.stardom in films like Star Wars was That was Liam Neeson, and what is
:32:15. > :32:22.his connection with Frank Mitchell? Frank is here, and Liam was a big
:32:22. > :32:32.fan of your The Wee Man From Strabane absolutely. We were very -
:32:32. > :32:35.- a fan of your programme? He yes, we were very far to and.
:32:35. > :32:40.Poll Letters to the programme were very special, but to get one from
:32:40. > :32:45.Liam Neeson was remarkable. Alongside that, it took us two
:32:45. > :32:49.years to show the programme, because there was a waiting list.
:32:49. > :32:55.By the time we actually showed it did, I had almost forgotten he had
:32:55. > :32:59.sent the letter. I was driving along one day and had to answer the
:32:59. > :33:05.phone do the young woman from New York and asked if I did take a call
:33:05. > :33:09.from Liam Neeson to thank me from put it -- for putting his dad's
:33:09. > :33:19.School on of the programme. It shows he has not only a superstar,
:33:19. > :33:22.
:33:22. > :33:26.While UTV are on the adverts, we will have a few of our born.
:33:26. > :33:30.Remember the days when you had to watch the adverts? You don't have
:33:30. > :33:33.to now, you can record and fast- forward through them, but I
:33:34. > :33:42.remember when they were something to talk about. And many of these
:33:43. > :33:47.They love to eat Kennedy's bread, it is hard to beat Kennedy's bread,
:33:47. > :33:56.it is quite a treat, Kennedy's bread, GB Kennedy's bread out the
:33:56. > :34:06.That is what I call a proper cup of tea.
:34:06. > :34:09.
:34:09. > :34:15.Cookstown sausages make a real big We have no bread.
:34:15. > :34:25.Bread? Did you remember the peas?
:34:25. > :34:27.
:34:27. > :34:37.Can I have a prescription? Doctor, doctor, my stomach is ill, can I
:34:37. > :34:39.
:34:39. > :34:49.have a prescription? Can I have a You can make it in the end with a
:34:49. > :34:51.
:34:51. > :35:01.Walking. That is what to do. Stepping out is
:35:01. > :35:06.
:35:06. > :35:16.good for you. Call walking, it is Would it not be great if he was
:35:16. > :35:23.
:35:23. > :35:27.At boat I know we were all in a state of confusion if you're
:35:27. > :35:32.watching on the BBC you're seeing adverts, on UTV you're seeing it
:35:32. > :35:36.admits, and now we're all back together again. We have been
:35:36. > :35:41.looking at the old adverts, but this evening is all about switching
:35:41. > :35:45.over to digital. I remember when digital used to be about getting a
:35:45. > :35:55.new watch or calculator, so a lot of people are still confused, some
:35:55. > :36:00.
:36:00. > :36:05.I demand to see the controller of BBC occupied Six Counties!
:36:05. > :36:10.The man says he is not available. Call, he is not available! Tell you
:36:11. > :36:16.what, if I was Peter Robinson or Mike Nisbet he would be available!
:36:16. > :36:21.If you were Mike Nesbitt, I would be available!
:36:21. > :36:25.Digital switchover! Award to know if I will still get our teeth.
:36:25. > :36:33.Another thing, where does the switch-over happened last of all?
:36:33. > :36:39.Here, at the north. I wonder why that is. It is British cultural
:36:39. > :36:42.imperialism. They hate to see us coming first at anything. Why do
:36:42. > :36:47.you think we're trying to recruit Robbie McIlroy to pay it -- to play
:36:47. > :36:54.for them? You never miss Downton Abbey!
:36:54. > :36:56.The I only watch that for the IRA Fellow. Look, it is Jackie full of
:36:57. > :37:01.himself. Jackie!
:37:01. > :37:07.Sorry about him. De you know that after the digital switchover you
:37:07. > :37:12.will be able to see me in high- definition?
:37:12. > :37:19.Are Jackie, you are worth the television licence all by yourself!
:37:19. > :37:22.That is why I don't pay it. Licence fee dodgers on the
:37:23. > :37:32.premises! Security Here are the headlines: Quick! We will look up
:37:33. > :37:37.
:37:37. > :37:47.I want to be -- complain about the digital switchover. Apparently when
:37:47. > :37:50.
:37:50. > :37:59.it happens I will have access to... RTE. Castle, what is alter
:37:59. > :38:07.television doing about it? Uncle Andy! Pamela! It is a
:38:07. > :38:13.pleasure to meet you. Can I just say you are my favourite female
:38:13. > :38:19.newsreader? A thanks, Andy. After Rosemary, of course. Sarah Travers,
:38:19. > :38:26.Donna Traynor, Dina Campbell... Anyway, you were always in my top
:38:26. > :38:31.10. Look, I have to go and read the news. Please come I need help and
:38:31. > :38:35.you are a woman of high intelligence. You are a woman who
:38:35. > :38:45.knows things. Am I eligible for a switch over help scheme? If there
:38:45. > :38:51.is for the money going out, I want some. Argue over 75? If need be.
:38:51. > :38:57.you live in a care home? I need 24- hour care. Are you registered
:38:57. > :39:05.blind? Only when it comes to politics. Then it no.
:39:05. > :39:15.We will, would you like to join me and then me because for a pint?
:39:15. > :39:21.
:39:21. > :39:25.Come on then, it is always the same All joking aside, we are only 15
:39:25. > :39:27.minutes before we were cut off from analogue, and if anybody
:39:27. > :39:34.experiences any problems tonight or tomorrow you can have all the help
:39:34. > :39:36.you need at both the BBC and UTV websites. There is an old adage in
:39:36. > :39:40.journalism that real news is something somebody, somewhere,
:39:40. > :39:44.would have preferred to have covered up, and all the rest is
:39:44. > :39:50.free advertising. Nothing shines a light on the hit and his use of
:39:50. > :40:00.society like an investigative television documentary. -- shines a
:40:00. > :40:01.
:40:01. > :40:07.light on the head and his use of Thank you both very much for
:40:07. > :40:10.talking to me. There were three men who slipped through the police net.
:40:10. > :40:20.He was beaten and interrogated by four captors.
:40:20. > :40:25.He is has been described as It is a report that adds up to
:40:25. > :40:29.every parent's nightmare. I did act. I did at. I did act.
:40:29. > :40:33.Or was the protection of the trip's reputation more important than the
:40:33. > :40:36.protection of the children? You don't think people want to know
:40:37. > :40:46.the answer? Of course.
:40:47. > :40:55.
:40:55. > :40:58.Is this you coding two young dogs to going for the kill?
:40:58. > :41:03.John any now is one of the journalist featured in that
:41:04. > :41:07.compilation, award-winning Chris Moore. Can TV really change things?
:41:07. > :41:12.There is plenty of evidence that investigative television does
:41:12. > :41:17.strange event in our lines. It brings the bad guys to the fore and
:41:17. > :41:21.often can result in politicians and people in public life having to
:41:22. > :41:25.change their ways. On a personal level, the one I am most proud of
:41:25. > :41:30.was the story about Brendan Smyth, because it gave a voice to people
:41:30. > :41:34.who had not got a voice before. They spoke out for the first time.
:41:34. > :41:37.It took great courage on their part and exposed the wrongs of the
:41:38. > :41:41.cattle trucks covering up for paedophiles. That was an important
:41:41. > :41:46.issue. Dennis Murray, the night after be transmitted that story,
:41:46. > :41:50.told me in the pub that the story had legs. I did not think so, and
:41:50. > :41:53.was already looking at the next story, but he was right, it did
:41:54. > :42:03.have legs, it still has legs and there are still people protecting
:42:04. > :42:10.
:42:10. > :42:13.In the early days the people used almost was presenters, but more
:42:13. > :42:23.recently local people and places can be the stars of the small
:42:23. > :42:36.
:42:36. > :42:44.This sensationally curious little instrument can focus on an entire
:42:44. > :42:54.mountain of a single blade of grass. It is a fascinating place.
:42:54. > :42:55.
:42:55. > :42:58.He whatever you say, one thing is It is just slightly smaller than a
:42:58. > :43:08.five pence piece. The highlight of the farming calendar, and this one
:43:08. > :43:16.
:43:16. > :43:26.And two men who loved nothing more than getting out and about and C in
:43:26. > :43:37.
:43:37. > :43:40.places and meeting people are Joe -- Joe Mahon. Is it true you never
:43:40. > :43:43.go to the simplest place? I don't think I have been to the
:43:43. > :43:48.simplest more than once, and people commonly asked me who it the most
:43:48. > :43:55.memorable character I have met his. The 1:00am that is most memorable
:43:55. > :44:01.was a man called John Henderson, who overlooked five fingers Strand.
:44:01. > :44:05.He was herding goats with the assistance of a goose one day. I
:44:05. > :44:10.asked him where the road going past his eyes pleaded to, and he said,
:44:10. > :44:15.Australia. -- the road-going pastor's Howarth led to.
:44:16. > :44:17.He said, my brother led halt -- left home 50 years ago to go to
:44:17. > :44:21.Australia, and that is the road he went.
:44:21. > :44:27.A very briefly, how important is it to get out and about and press the
:44:27. > :44:31.flesh? It is very important, we go out
:44:31. > :44:36.maybe 40 times a year and it is good to get out and meet the people
:44:36. > :44:40.and put a face to the name we read- out every day on the radio. It is a
:44:40. > :44:45.bit of fun. Continued to do so, thank you very much indeed. Music
:44:45. > :44:49.now, important to us as a people, where it -- whether it is parties
:44:49. > :44:59.or concerts, there is nothing we like more than a good old sing-song,
:44:59. > :45:29.
:45:30. > :45:39.# Nothing would please me... # # In God's country... #
:45:40. > :45:40.
:45:40. > :46:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:46:20. > :46:24.Brilliant. Delighted to have some of them in the studio. You have
:46:24. > :46:34.been associated with big names but I want to show you a clip from a
:46:34. > :46:55.
:46:55. > :47:03.few years ago you may not remember. # Deep inside was a burning pride #
:47:03. > :47:08.In the town I loved so well. # That was Luke Kelly from the
:47:08. > :47:13.Dubliners but why did he have no trousers on? The whole thing happen
:47:13. > :47:17.spontaneously. They were in the -- appearing backstage in the Albert
:47:17. > :47:23.Hall and shooting a documentary. He started singing. He was unaware of
:47:23. > :47:32.the fact that he had no trousers on. He did not expect a camera to look
:47:32. > :47:37.down. Here was a song I had put lot of emotion into, serious song, he
:47:37. > :47:42.was standing there with his bare legs. I don't know why you're
:47:42. > :47:50.laughing. You opened the studio twenty-one years ago but you looked
:47:50. > :47:57.a bit different. Here we go. Whose hero as this you wearing? Is angry
:47:57. > :48:07.or extensions? That is absolutely real, 200% real. I used to grind
:48:07. > :48:07.
:48:07. > :48:17.They cut it off and made it into awake for people who suffer from
:48:17. > :48:21.cancer. Somebody is wearing a now. Is that a drum roll? That reminds
:48:21. > :48:31.me, we have been asking you to choose your magical TV moment and
:48:31. > :48:33.
:48:33. > :48:41.You're living round and the camera is there. Go ahead. It's no good to
:48:41. > :48:51.us, you blasting the microphone. Alright. There's only four. Just a
:48:51. > :48:55.
:48:55. > :49:01.moment. There's only four in That is the weather. Thanks if you
:49:01. > :49:04.voted. Television and light music have been natural partners and if
:49:04. > :49:09.you cannot be at the performance you should welcome them into your
:49:09. > :49:19.front room. Here is a beautiful song as a tribute to those in the
:49:19. > :49:43.
:49:43. > :49:53.Northern Ireland broadcast world no # When all the world is a hopeless
:49:53. > :49:59.
:49:59. > :50:09.jumble # Raindrops tumble all around # When all the clouds darken
:50:09. > :50:11.
:50:11. > :50:21.up the skyway # There's a rainbow highway to be found # Beating from
:50:21. > :50:28.
:50:28. > :50:38.your window pane # To a place behind the sun # Just a step
:50:38. > :50:58.
:50:58. > :51:08.# Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, # There's a land that I've
:51:08. > :51:10.
:51:10. > :51:20.heard of once in a lullaby. # Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies
:51:20. > :51:20.
:51:20. > :52:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:52:05. > :52:15.# And the dreams that you dare to # Someday I wish upon a star and
:52:15. > :52:18.
:52:18. > :52:28.wake up where the clouds are far # My troubles melt like lemon drops
:52:28. > :52:35.
:52:35. > :52:45.Away above the chimney tops, That's # Somewhere, over the rainbow,
:52:45. > :53:11.
:53:11. > :53:21.# Birds fly over the rainbow, why # If happy little bluebirds fly
:53:21. > :53:50.
:53:50. > :53:54.beyond the rainbow... # Why oh why Some famous names no longer gracing
:53:54. > :54:02.the box. It shows you what a privilege it was to work with those
:54:02. > :54:06.people and watch them on the box. Thank you very much. That is the
:54:06. > :54:12.end of the trip down memory lane as the digital switch-over is minutes
:54:12. > :54:16.away. It brings a world of broadcast possibilities. Think what
:54:16. > :54:20.the digital future could have in store, higher-quality pictures,