BBC Engineering Division - The McLean Papers
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Sir Francis McLean was Director of Engineering from
1963 to 1968 and he directed the introduction of colour television,
as well as many other developments. His granddaughter Tessa McLean has kindly donated a significant collection of his papers to BBCeng and they will gradually be added to this page. Many of them were donated in the form of foolscap "flimsies" so the quality of the text is poor, but good work has been done by Nick Cutmore to scan and enhance them. The 27 items highlighted in yellow were added in April 2024. |
1946:
Design And Use Of RF Open Wire Transmission Lines And Switchgear - JIEE Vol
93 Part III: May 1946
1962:
BBC Television Centre And Its Technical Facilities - JIEE Vol 109 Part B No.
45: May 1962
1964:
UHF And Colour Television - Speech At NAB Convention In Chicago: April 1964
Report On Visit To Moscow By F.C. McLean: October 1964
1966:
Future Developments In Television (IEETE Lectures: January 1966
Report On Visit To USSR By F.C. McLean: February 1966
Issues Of Worldwide Colour Television Standards(IEEE Convention): March 1966
Report On Visit To USA By F.C. McLean: March 1966
Machines, Money, Methods and Men: 15th March 1966
Report Of D.E. Visit To U.S.A.: April 1966
Colour Television by F.C. McLean - Science Journal: April 1966
The Engineering Division Of The BBC (For Electronics Weekly): May 1966
Technical Possibilities In Television And Radio (BBC-Sussex Conference: May 1966
The 625 Line Side Of The Picture (Article For The Sun): June 1966
International TV And Radio Show (Earls Court) - Opening Speech: 22nd August 1966
Eng Division - F. C. McLean Article for Ariel: Sept 1966
Colour Television in the UK and Europe: 21st September 1966
Technical aspects of the introduction of a colour TV service: 28th September 1966
Thirty Years Of Television (Article For International Broadcast Engineer) October 1966
Colour on 405 Line TV - Article for Opinion page of Systems and Communications: October 1966
Telecommunications - The Next 10 Years: 17th October 1966
Full script of a prestigious "Granada Guildhall Lecture".
It covers the state of the art regarding cable, terrestrial wireless and
satellite systems. The issues covered include spectrum, propagation,
powers, compression, components, and economics. In some ways it
predicts the internet, satellite broadcasting, MPEG coding and even
transmission of moving pictures from Mars!
1967:
Article For Ariel 'Colour TV Is Nearly Here': January 1967
Royal Television Society: 28th February 1967
Full script of his "reply to toast" at a prestigious RTS banquet.
"..it was the flickering light of the television that brought about the end
of the Dark Ages"!
Notes For Radio Industries Club Scotland Talk: May 1967
Notes For Radio Industries Club Midlands Talk: June 1967
Colour Launching Article For Radio Times - David Attenborough: June 1967
Article For Ariel On Colour TV: June 1967
The Engineering Of Colour TV (Article For the Financial Times): July 1967
Colour Production By I.R. Atkins (Article For The Times): July 1967
Standards Conversion (Article For The Times): July 1967
Article For International Broadcast Engineer: August 1967
Career Details For F.C. McLean (For Visit To RCA In Washington): August 1967
BBC Eng. Inf. Service - BBC Electronic Standards Converter: August 1967
International Broadcasting Convention, Notes For BBC Chairman: September 1967
Report By DE Of Trip To USA And Canada: September 1967
Minutes Of E.I.C. Meeting: December 1967
1968:
Engineering
Advisory Committee - Sixth Report: April 1968
Not dated:
Broadcasting - New Horizons for Engineers and Scientists: not dated