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[Brian Renforth]

Thanks very much for the interesting info Bryan. I wonder if Lesley is aware of this fan site and how we are still praising her acting performance in AFAW to the day?

Yes, you're right about BBC programming. Many of their programmes have a fade to black (one in a 25minute programme) as a break point to guide an overseas broadcaster when to slot in a commercial break.

Of course many non BBC UK channels transmit BBC material slotting in advertising breaks, often without warning at odd times. Likewise most repeats of ITV programmes originally made with two breaks are shown with at least three with the original bumpers removed, ITV3 and 4 for examples.

I was very surprised for a modern channel that Talking Pictures TV show AFAW with the original two breaks per episode form, as of course how it was originally made, even retaining the original break bumpers.

As I only previously saw Series 1 as Channel 4 dropped the repeats after this series in 1989 I'm getting to see Series 2 and now 3 for the first time on TPTV.

Cheers
Brian

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Lesley Nunnerley

Ten years ago a number of members of our group started to ask about this actor; history has repeated recently. I did a bit of research.

By then  Lesley  had stopped acting professionally. She lived in Hampshire and belonged to an amateur dramatics group called the Hamble Players. The local newspaper, called Southern Daily Echo,  publishes its amateur theatrical awards each year. In the edition of 21 January 2008 Lesley received an award for Lady Frederick. Here is a link
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1980753.and_the_winners_are/

In 2015 she won a nomination for another award from the same newspaper, but this time she was with the Lymington Players as Nora in Star Quality. Here is the link
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/14137198.Curtain_Call_Awards_2015__Nominations_announced_/

Lesley was born in 1935 and so is about 83.

If you find the Lymington Group website you will find a photo of Lesley in Star Quality. I am not giving a link - have fun finding it!

Thanks to those members supplying fascinating reading concerning recordings of AFAW. To fit a programme into the time allotted must be tricky. The BBC has a system with its Wild Life programmes.

I understand that these programmes are usually sold abroad, as one-hour events,  before they are made. However some countries apparently need 10 minutes for commercials. So the actual programmes are 50 minutes long. When they are shown in the UK a second (10 minutes) programme is shown after the main one. This programme shows how the one just shown was made.

Bryan
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