Uploaded December 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
"Bertha was a short lived childrens television series on British TV, starting in April 1985. It lasted only a year. But what those who remember the series seldom remember is the true story behind Bertha.
Her origins, the allegations of murder, the collapse of the company she worked for, the intolerance of her and the events that threatened to destroy her are covered in this documentary, Bertha : The True Story."
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This was an idea I had and decided to put everything else on hold to get this done while it was fresh in my mind. As usual, I thought it wouldn't take long to make, but I was wrong again.
Yes, this is a pretty obscure idea for a video, and I was a little worried that people would think "What the hell is this?". But the few people who've seen it so far have been pretty positive about it, and I think there's enough of an intro to the series at the start to establish it was a real series back in the 80's, cos I doubt a lot of people will remember Bertha.
Originally, the idea was how would Bertha have managed during two recessions, and what would happen to her if the company was closed down and she was switched off, and more real world ideas came from that, redundancies, new management with sweeping changes, industrial accidents, military intervention, vandalism, opportunists, media involvement. The closing title scenes were an afterthough at the end, but the Skyline/Postman Pat idea seemed good at the time, since that scenes seemed to be in every trailer for that film. The Cloverfield shot came after that, and became far more elaborate than I thought it would. That might be the biggest effect shot i've done.
Thanks for watching.
For all my videos, check out paulsvids.blogspot.com
"Bertha was a short lived childrens television series on British TV, starting in April 1985. It lasted only a year. But what those who remember the series seldom remember is the true story behind Bertha.
Her origins, the allegations of murder, the collapse of the company she worked for, the intolerance of her and the events that threatened to destroy her are covered in this documentary, Bertha : The True Story."
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This was an idea I had and decided to put everything else on hold to get this done while it was fresh in my mind. As usual, I thought it wouldn't take long to make, but I was wrong again.
Yes, this is a pretty obscure idea for a video, and I was a little worried that people would think "What the hell is this?". But the few people who've seen it so far have been pretty positive about it, and I think there's enough of an intro to the series at the start to establish it was a real series back in the 80's, cos I doubt a lot of people will remember Bertha.
Originally, the idea was how would Bertha have managed during two recessions, and what would happen to her if the company was closed down and she was switched off, and more real world ideas came from that, redundancies, new management with sweeping changes, industrial accidents, military intervention, vandalism, opportunists, media involvement. The closing title scenes were an afterthough at the end, but the Skyline/Postman Pat idea seemed good at the time, since that scenes seemed to be in every trailer for that film. The Cloverfield shot came after that, and became far more elaborate than I thought it would. That might be the biggest effect shot i've done.
Thanks for watching.
For all my videos, check out paulsvids.blogspot.com
