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Bob Scholes

(1942-2019), Photographer

Robert ('Bob') Scholes

Artist of 2 portraits

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Peter Snow, by Bob Scholes - NPG x88860

Peter Snow

by Bob Scholes
bromide print, 1997
NPG x88860

Michael Buerk, by Bob Scholes - NPG x88861

Michael Buerk

by Bob Scholes
bromide print, 1997
NPG x88861

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James Robbins

12 December 2019, 17:27

Bob Scholes (1942-2019).

Bob joined the BBC as a trainee on the assistant film editors' training course, along with 11 others, on April 1st 1963 at Alexandra Palace in the days of 16mm film. The training course was designed to get staff ready for the start of News Bulletins on BBC2.

As a film editor, Bob would work all over Europe with a special kit put together in a metal box for travelling film editors. The contents were: Bobbins; Selvyt Cloths; Joiner; Joining Tape or Glue; Leaders and Spacer and he would use a simple film editing machine called an Acmade.

His wealth of knowledge and experience was astounding. Bob's greatest legacy may be the training he gave to new entrants to editing, and to journalists and reporters. He earned a lot of respect from all of them.

Bob took to video tape and later to all the new digital technologies as well as he had originally to film and he became one of the fastest and most creative picture editors in the business. He worked extensively on Newsnight.

In 1993 Bob decided to leave the BBC and pursue other interests, including his talent as an artist, so he went back to college.

He returned in 2001, a few weeks before 9/11. It was Bob who edited the lead story for the BBC Nine O'clock News that night-- a single report which ran for 7 minutes 35 seconds-- almost unheard of in TV news-- and of course his enormous skill under the intense pressures of time and emotion, as well as his sensitivity, ability and professionalism had never left him.

He was working part time as a picture editor at BBC News until a few weeks before his death at the age of 77 on 21 November, 2019