{"id":10044,"date":"2022-07-01T09:09:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=10044"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:09:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:09:13","slug":"prof-eric-laithwaite-local-heroes-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/prof-eric-laithwaite-local-heroes-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Eric Laithwaite &#8211; Local Heroes: 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2022\/07\/cl_1966_riic_2777_resized_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-10089\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2022\/07\/cl_1966_riic_2777_resized_0-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>In 1999 the BBC had a TV series called Local Heroes. It was presented by Adam Hart-Davis and featured various people who had made significant contributions to science etc. One programme featured Prof Eric Laithwaite. Filming took place in Eric Laithwaite&#8217;s original lab in Electrical Engineering. They needed various extras, so not surprisingly they contacted me. I provided the portrait photo (taken by my colleague Neville Miles); as well as giving them access to some film clips, and also pointing them towards other BBC materials that I knew about. One clip that I mentioned to them was the Noel Edmonds &#8216;Multi-Coloured Swap Shop&#8217; clip. Having been involved with the 1974 RI Christmas Lectures I also made sure that they knew about those too. Not a bad piece, except they got his title incorrect. It should have been Professor of Heavy ELECTRICAL Engineering, they left electrical out!<\/p>\r\n<p>The opening sequence is before the college main entrance changed completely, so that&#8217;s a flashback for those who remember it the way it once was.<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9VikyRmGQvM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1999 the BBC&#8217;s TV series Local Heroes featured Prof Eric Laithwaite and I had a very minor hand in the programme&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3921,79,80,390],"tags":[84,18467],"class_list":["post-10044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-update","category-campus","category-people","category-technology","tag-electrical-engineering","tag-tv-studio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prof Eric Laithwaite - Local Heroes: 1999 - Imperial College Video Archive Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/prof-eric-laithwaite-local-heroes-1999\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prof Eric Laithwaite - Local Heroes: 1999 - Imperial College Video Archive Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 1999 the BBC&#039;s TV series Local Heroes featured Prof Eric Laithwaite and I had a very minor hand in the programme...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/prof-eric-laithwaite-local-heroes-1999\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Imperial College Video Archive Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-01T08:09:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2022\/07\/cl_1966_riic_2777_resized_0-300x219.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Colin Grimshaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Colin Grimshaw\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/videoarchive\\\/prof-eric-laithwaite-local-heroes-1999\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/videoarchive\\\/prof-eric-laithwaite-local-heroes-1999\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Colin Grimshaw\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/videoarchive\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4311976ffc5be7f49bbc628f4d3e591e\"},\"headline\":\"Prof Eric Laithwaite &#8211; 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