The Burke Special
The Burke Specials were a TV series broadcast on BBC1 from 1972 to 1976.
They starred James Burke and were broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1. The shows had a "circus" format, with Burke on a radio microphone walking around interacting with a studio audience that surrounded him on three sides. Recordings were discontinuous, final assembly being done by timecode-controlled video editing.
Read more about The Burke Special: Series One, Series Two, Series Three, Series Four, Series Five
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