Pinpoint ?
Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone else remembers a short TV programme from the early 1950s called (I think) 'Pinpoint'? It consisted of short film clips of various interesting items, places and...
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Hello Graham and welcome. I am Glad to see that you have been raiding our archives to raise points and raise your memories about the past. Pesonally I don't recall this programmes but perhaps some of...
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This did vaguely ring a bell with me. I remember ITV having this short programme Pinpointing various locations. I have looked through the Times Newspaper Archive and have come up with some programme...
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Hello Ray and malcyb, thanks for the nice welcome to this great site, and for your help and in-depth information about the programme 'Pinpoint'. I must admit I thought it was shown a few years earlier...
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Youre nobody until you've been "blooded" on here by a bit of false memory syndrome. We've all been there, and now and again we even get one right. Welcome to the board, Graham.
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A bit late joining this forum, but I do remember Pinpoint. One in particular sticks in the mind - it started with Cleopatra's Needle on the Thames, then linked to the old lady of Threadneedle Street...
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I do remember the program, I remember seeing it regularly whilst we (the family) were eating our evening meal. I also thought it was a BBC program but again cannot be sure. I was under the impression...
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This particular programme rings no bells at all with me which is why I suspect strongly (but I wouldn't bet the house on it), that is was an ITV prog. rather than BBC. ITV was late coming to Wales.
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14 January 1958 to be exact, WB, with programming provided by TWW (Television Wales and the West).
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Hi, and thanks everyone for commenting / replying on my query about 'Pinpoint'. I didn't know (or had forgotten !) about the Cleopatra's needle connection, which does sound very likely. Thanks again...
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