Ron Green Ron died on 22nd August 2009 aged 79 Ron was a man much respected and much envied by those of us who would have liked to have done the things he did. He was one the the great men of BBC TV tech ops, and he and his crew were responsible for the pictures and sound of many of the top BBC TV entertainment shows for more than 30 years. Lots of people made personal tributes to Ron in the days after his death - read Jim Moir's address at the funeral And the photos (...well, at a cameraman's funeral.....) Some appreciative words - "To me, Ron was a God at my time at TVC and along with my time with Pete Ware on crew 13 I couldn't have asked for a better start to my life in television." " I was on Crew 7 for the latter part of my brief stay with the Beeb when Ron was Senior Cameraman and I still have fond memories of swinging him on the Mole and of being his tracker on TOTP. I suppose I just want to say that, in the over forty years since that time, I've never forgotten Ron and in fact have always remembered him as one of the most decent people that I ever met. What a wonderful guy he was. " "I have many many fond memories of him. He was a truly great cameraman and a lovely man. " "We'll all miss him - thanks for being such a good colleague Ron." "I always had very fond memories of Ron. He was always so cool and calm (he had to be working for Stewart Morris). Was very good to me and my children. " "During my years as a studio guitarist in the 50s, 60s and 70s, I had the pleasure of working with Ron on many productions. The most innovative and wearing was, of course, Drumbeat! I remember on one TV show being aware of something looming over my head. Looking up, I saw the business end of the dolly camera with Ron leaning out to whisper in my ear....... 'If you wouldn't mind, Vic, could you face more to the left on this number. It would help me a great deal.' So different from the directions one would get from others involved with a TV show. If he had asked, I would have stood on my head if it helped him. Ron was a good man, a wonderful cameraman and wonderful to work with. We shall all miss him." .....that last from Vic Flick, of James Bond theme fame www.vicflick.com ------------------------------------------- Many more of Ron's pictures are here When you've seen Ron's pictures, see Dave Bowden's pictures of his and Ron's work on The Ginger Tree here And see Ron in action on a training session here I haven't put the pictures in chronological order, it seemed more fun that way.... Here he is on the front of a Vinten Heron on Top of the Pops. Dave Pattison is the tracker.   Top of the Pops 1965, on a Mole crane.   This one taken by John Henshall - "I took this picture of Ron in Studio G Lime Grove. We used the experimental colour cameras, wheeled through from Studio H next door, to cover the UK end of a Sotheby's auction for the US by satellite."   This picture was taken by Andrew Dixon, who says "Ron was an absolute inspiration to many of us as a brilliant craftsman and truly lovely person and friend. We spent 6 weeks in Dubai with several others in a team led by Stewart Morris. This photo is of Ron on an unusual and truly useless mounting at a beach location with Lulu."   "Yes, Stewart" - sending up Stewart Morris (see earlier page) These two are Ron with Stewart Morris in Austria in 1984       Dixon of Dock Green in 1958. Paul Kay, Peter Norman and Ron are just behind the Dixons. Elsewhere are Cyril Wilkins and Len Shorey, amongst others. (click for large)     Ron was senior cameraman on Top of the Pops for many years       Howard Keel in Kiss Me Kate in 1964, Ron on Mole (Click for big)   An aside - Steve Edwards found a drawn copy of this photograph in an old children's book. Click the pic for the whole page - A football match against the boys of the Young Generation. The YGs are the smart ones on the left, the others are the camera/production crew. Don't know who won.     The Lena Zavaroni Show     On the set of The Ginger Tree, the BBCs first experiment in high definition tv, in 1989 Dave Bowden sent lots more pictures of the making of The Ginger Tree - see them here     Samatha Bond (I think) takes over     Cast and crew - and see Dave Bowden's pictures here   Points in Space, 1986       With Jonathan Miller     Top of the Pops, with The Tremeloes     A classic shot - I wish I had a picture of me like this...   More pictures here