OT - Patrick Moore RIP

The highlight of the month for me on TV, & here's to hoping TSAN carries on
in his memory with his supporting regulars.

Just watched his final show, must say I had a lump in the throat as he
signed off, telling us he'd be back to tell us how to get the best from
your new telescope that you may have got for christmas.

A broadcasting legend.

On 09/12/2012 23:13, CD wrote:
The highlight of the month for me on TV, & here's to hoping TSAN carries on
in his memory with his supporting regulars.

Just watched his final show, must say I had a lump in the throat as he
signed off, telling us he'd be back to tell us how to get the best from
your new telescope that you may have got for christmas.

A broadcasting legend.

He was quite a character

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:13:01 +0000, CD wrote:

The highlight of the month for me on TV, & here's to hoping TSAN carries on
in his memory with his supporting regulars.

Just watched his final show, must say I had a lump in the throat as he
signed off, telling us he'd be back to tell us how to get the best from
your new telescope that you may have got for christmas.

A broadcasting legend.

Quite so.
And what other broadcaster would have granted him his wish to continue
until the end? Well done BBC.

As for the show continuing? Well if it is going to keep it's academic
core and not be dumbed down, then yes; but I'm not holding my breath.



--
Graham.
%Profound_observation%

Here's the Daily Telegraph's opinion:

The highest possible compliment you could pay Sir Patrick Moore, who has
died full of years and honour, is that he would have never got a job as
a science presenter with the modern BBC.

First, he was too talented – a veritable renaissance man. Sir Patrick
was a handy spin bowler, a talented composer and a virtuoso xylophonist
who played a version of "Anarchy in the UK" in front of the Queen at a
Royal Variety Performance as well as once duetting with Albert Einstein
on the piano.

Second, he knew too much about science – real science: in his case
astronomy, which he had studied with the obsession of an autodidact, as
opposed to the faux science of global warming which is the obsession of
all modern TV scientists.

Third, he had a real hinterland and life experience, having served for
five years during the war as a navigator with RAF Bomber Command. This
was a remarkable feat. Few who joined so early in the war, in 1940, were
able to survive for so long.

Fourth, and perhaps most important, he was so gloriously and
unapologetically politically incorrect. This would have won him few
favours in today's gag-inducingly bien pensant BBC.

He was, in short, the incarnation of the quintessentially English values
which are now being celebrated defiantly by UKIP – a party that Sir
Patrick was proud to support. He will be very much missed.

Bill

Yes I watched it last Friday, or rather listened to it. Often the show has a
different slant on cosmological things to the dumbed down stuff you hear
elsewhere.
We really do need to get some sensible science programs back on the audio
and video media that dont talk down to people.

Brian

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"CD" wrote in message
...
The highlight of the month for me on TV, & here's to hoping TSAN carries
on
in his memory with his supporting regulars.

Just watched his final show, must say I had a lump in the throat as he
signed off, telling us he'd be back to tell us how to get the best from
your new telescope that you may have got for christmas.

A broadcasting legend.

In article ,
Bill Wright writes:
Here's the Daily Telegraph's opinion:

The highest possible compliment you could pay Sir Patrick Moore,
who has died full of years and honour, is that he would have never
got a job as a science presenter with the modern BBC.

First, he was too talented – a veritable renaissance man. Sir
Patrick was a handy spin bowler, a talented composer and a
virtuoso xylophonist who played a version of "Anarchy in the UK"
in front of the Queen at a Royal Variety Performance as well as
once duetting with Albert Einstein on the piano.

Second, he knew too much about science – real science: in his
case astronomy, which he had studied with the obsession of an
autodidact, as opposed to the faux science of global warming
which is the obsession of all modern TV scientists.
snip

It's a good rant by the Telegraph, which never misses a chance to attack
the BBC, but not borne out by the facts. I've watched many recent
science documentaries on the BBC, presented by the likes of the highly
qualified academics Jim al-Kalil (physics), Marcus du Sautoy (maths) and
Brian Cox (astronomy), where (hardly surprisingly given the subject
matter) there has been no mention of global warming. In fact I would
suggest that this is something of a golden age for the science
documentary, as there seem to have been more in the last couple of years
than I can ever remember. (Though there has never been a series as good
as Jacob Bronowski's "The Ascent of Man", which I am old enough to have
watched when it was broadcast some thirty or forty years ago.)

But I mustn't let myself be side-tracking from saying what a great
presenter and character Sir Patrick was.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

I'm not usually terribly impressed when a regional newsroom follows up
a national story, adding nothing to what has already been reported.

However, full marks to BBC South last night, who paid their own
tribute to Patrick, and used their own archive, with vox-pops of
Selsey residents recorded yesterday.

There was poignant sign off from Roger Finn at the end of the bulletin too.

A couple of my colleagues had the pleasure of meeting him a few years
ago, and my grandmother who worked in a sweetshop
in Chichester during the 60s and 70s, would often serve him.

They all said what a lovely, genuine chap he was.

RIP Patrick


--
Mark
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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:56:10 +0000, Mark Carver wrote:

However, full marks to BBC South last night, who paid their own
tribute to Patrick, and used their own archive, with vox-pops of
Selsey residents recorded yesterday.

Thaks for the heads up I shall seek it out on the iplayer. No doubt the BBC
will have a tribute soon.
Chris Lintott was on BBC Breakfast this morning & Brian May should have
been on by now as I type. Reading the twitter tributes I see the pair of
them were with him at the end.

On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:13:01 +0000, CD wrote:

A broadcasting legend.

Although broadcast last year I think the 700th TSAN was a fitting tribute,
a bunch of famous scientists - including Brians Cox & May, astronomers & an
impressionist (he is a genuine enthusiast) all saying how it was Patrick
that got them into science in the first place. In 3 parts on youtube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2NdMXvXfNU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=whgambsm384

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfhWBt9YynU

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Here's the Daily Telegraph's opinion:


Fourth, and perhaps most important, he was so gloriously and
unapologetically politically incorrect. This would have won him few
favours in today's gag-inducingly bien pensant BBC.

He was, in short, the incarnation of the quintessentially English values
which are now being celebrated defiantly by UKIP – a party that Sir
Patrick was proud to support. He will be very much missed.


I'm surprised that we haven't had your arch nemesis 'Sheila' (aka young
Jamie?) foaming at the mouth and berating you as a racist for having
admiration towards such a man.

"He was an opponent of fox hunting and blood sports in general, he was also
a strong Eurosceptic and an admirer of Enoch Powell. In the 1970s, he held a
staunch anti-immigration position, and was Chairman of an entity named the
United Country Party before its merger with the New Britain Party."