It's tragic when a valued colleague dies in harness. It's really difficult when that colleague is a fund of knowledge vital to your operation. Production staff at BBC News this year lost a true friend to their output, who shall, for the purposes of this post, remain anonymous. He'd kept programmes on air since the start of News 24 with his understanding of pioneering but temperamental digital play out systems and associated software. All his detailed records of modifications, work-rounds and re-boot tricks, were locked in his various computer accounts.
However, the passwords have finally been cracked. The major breakthrough came with a bad word now, thanks to Jim Naughtie, forever associated with the Culture Secretary, made plural. The other two were creative combinations of some equally bad words, in adjectival and adverbial juxtaposition with nouns. He probably logged on with relish.
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