Star Trek Story - BBC - 1996

Star Trek Story

Documentary exploring the history and cultural impact of the series. Broadcasted during "Star Trek Night" on 26 August 1996 by the BBC.

The Star Trek Night was a special evening of programs broadcasted by the BBC on BBC2. Presented by Red Dwarf star Craig Charles, the night was designed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise, as well as to launch the just-acquired Star Trek: Voyager. A common strand throughout the evening was "Star Trekkers," a series of short interviews in which celebrity Trek fans talked about the series.

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Night_(UK,_1996)

Language: English
Subtitles: no

Interviewed
Patrick Stewart ('Capt. Jean-Luc Picard)
Leonard Nimoy ('mr. Spock')
William Shatner ('Capt. James T. Kirk')
Michelle Nichols ('Lieutenant Uhura')
Herbert F. Solow (Executive in Charge of Production ST TOS)
Brent Spiner ('Lt. Commander Data')
Rick Berman (Executive Producer ST TNG, DS9, VOY)
Majel Barrett (widow of Gene Roddenberry, in ST TOS 'Nurse Chapel', in ST TNG 'Lwaxana Troi')
Henry Jenkins (Co-Author Science Fiction Audiences)
Rev. Dr. Richard Boeke (Unitarian Church Minister)
Peter David (Sci-Fi Wrter and STAR TREK novelist)
Robert F. Justman (Joint Producer ST TOS)
Dr. Elyce Rae Helford (Co-Editor ENTERPRISE ZONES & 'Slash Fiction' Writer)
Michael Dorn ('Lieutenant Worf')
Marina Sirtis ('Counsellor Troi')
Brannnon Braga (Writer & Producer ST TNG, ST VOY)


Commentary: Paul McGann
Photography: Simon Kossoff
Sound Recordist: Paul Kennedy
Dubbing Mixer: Michael Narduzzo
On-Line Editor: Tamer Osman
Production Manager: Irene Gibbons
Graphics: Keith Haynes, Steve Bonnett
Production Assistant: Jane Swithenbank
Film Research: Andrew Jackson, Will Bryant
Researcher: Ged Gray
Assistant Producer: Jon Riley
Editor: Amanda Baxter
Executive Producer: Nicola Moody
Produced & Directed by Richard Curson Smith & Russel England
(c) BBC NORTH 1996


Tech stuff:
-Originally taped on hifi stereo vhs vcr (Sony SLV-815VP)
-Playback on a mono vhs vcr (Panasonic NV-J40EO)
-Analog/digital conversion on Philips dvdr3480
-Conversion to Windows Media by Nero
Container: Windows Media, 1,20 GiB, 51mn 6s
Video: 3.000 Kbps, 720*480 (3:2), at 29,970 fps, VC-1 (WMV3)(NTSC)(MP@ML)
Audio: 320 kbps, 44,1 KHz, 16 bits, 2 kanalen, WMA (version 2)