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'''Ken MacGregor''' — often erroneously spelt "McGregor" in many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' reference works, including the official BBC website — helped providing [[lighting]] for ''[[The Highlanders]]''' alongside [[George Summers]].  He had a long career in lighting, having credits spanning the thirty years between [[1955]] and [[1985]].    
'''Ken MacGregor''' — often erroneously spelt "McGregor" in many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' reference works, including the official BBC website — was the uncredited [[technical manager]] on ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''<ref>[[INFO]]: "[[The Survivors (episode)|The Survivors]]"</ref>, and later provided the [[studio lighting]] for ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'' alongside [[George Summers]].


He went on to become a Lighting Director specialising in music and Light Entertainment programmes. His credits include many Ballets and Opera items for the 'Gala Performance' series. The ballet 'Firebird' was made in the biggest studio at Television Centre, and the final scene was memorable because the final shot developed to show the full height and length of the studio - something that had not been seen up till that time. He worked with many of the world famous ballet dancers in studio productions of note. He was honoured in America for his work on an Operatic programme.
He had a long career in lighting, having credits spanning the thirty years between 1955 and 1985. He appears to have started his lighting career on {{wi|The Benny Hill Show}} and would go on to light some of the biggest British comedy legends, like [[Ronnie Corbett]] in ''[[The Two Ronnies]]''. He worked on a number of BBC adaptations of classic literature, such as ''Moll Flanders'', with [[Paul Lavers]] and [[Barry Jackson (actor)|Barry Jackson]] and ''Jane Eyre'', starring [[Michael Jayston]]. He also lit famous period pieces, like ''The Edwardians'' and {{wi|The Onedin Line}}, starring [[Peter Gilmore]] and [[Howard Lang]]. Furthermore, he was also heavily involved in studio bound "light entertainment" shows like {{wi|The Black and White Minstrel Show}} and ''The {{w|Val Doonican}} Music Show''.


At the other end of the entertainment scale he was Lighting Director on 'The Generation Game' for a number of years. He worked with producer Yvonne Littlewood on many 'music' programs including "The World of Music", Pet Clark, Val Doonican, Nana Mouskuri and many others. Some of the Two Ronnies series also added to the variety of programmes lit by Ken MacGregor.
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Ken MacGregor — often erroneously spelt "McGregor" in many Doctor Who reference works, including the official BBC website — was the uncredited technical manager on The Daleks[1], and later provided the studio lighting for The Highlanders alongside George Summers.

He had a long career in lighting, having credits spanning the thirty years between 1955 and 1985. He appears to have started his lighting career on The Benny Hill Show and would go on to light some of the biggest British comedy legends, like Ronnie Corbett in The Two Ronnies. He worked on a number of BBC adaptations of classic literature, such as Moll Flanders, with Paul Lavers and Barry Jackson and Jane Eyre, starring Michael Jayston. He also lit famous period pieces, like The Edwardians and The Onedin Line, starring Peter Gilmore and Howard Lang. Furthermore, he was also heavily involved in studio bound "light entertainment" shows like The Black and White Minstrel Show and The Val Doonican Music Show.

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