James Barrington has given TV Ark exclusive access to his vast collection of classic endboards. Before computerised endboards were adopted, television companies would use 10" x 8" glass slides to display their logo and other details at the end of a programme. James' collection are mainly glass originals from both the BBC and ITV. Some of the slides are so rare that the television companies themselves no longer hold them (or digital copies).
The original scans are typically 2301x1656 resolution (very large). At that resolution it is possible to clearly view the compositing detail. James is certainly correct in pointing out the "painstaking" paintwork. The extreme Australian heat has taken its toll on some of the slides. Cracked paintwork and heat artifacts have begun to destroy these beautiful images. The detail picked up in the originals are such that one can see the layers that make up the endboard.
Everything on the next page is James Barrington's own words. He lives in Australia and from time-to-time has sent us slides. Hopefully we'll get more of his collection into the TV Ark museum for you to view. His story is a facinating read...
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