[Ronnie's own CV follows this outline.]

Ronnie Noble began in the camera department of National Screen Services,  In 1939 Noble became a cameraman with Universal News, Noble was taken prisoner  June 1942. Transported to Italy, he walked out of his prison camp when Italy capitulated in September 1943, and travelled to Switzerland. From here he went to France,  Noble’s escape and return were featured in ‘ADVENTURES OF A CAMERAMAN’ in Universal News of October 1944.Noble was sent to Burma, and then to Saigon, for Universal News October 1945.
In January 1950 Noble went to  BBC Children’s Newsreel.In 1952 transferred to the main BBC Television Newsreel as replacement for Cyril Page ( interview 389 BEHP ) covering the Korean War. In May 1960 filmed ‘THE ROYAL WEDDING’ for Pathe News. Noble went on to become press officer for Wimbledon Tennis.

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1938 to 1950

Newsreel Cameraman for Universal News and Gaumont British News. World War II, cameraman in France, North Africa, Middle East, India, 8urma, Malaya, Indo-China.

1950  Joined B8C Television

1951  Reporter Cameraman in Korean War

1952  Reporter Cameraman Kenya (Mau-Mau Emergency)

Reporter Cameraman Malaya (Communist Emergency)

Reporter Cameraman Olympic Games in Finland.

1955 to 1965

Joined BBC Special Sports Unit as the Assistant Editor. Executive Producer BBC TV Wor1d Cup Football, Chile.

Member of BBC TV Award Winning team for Olympic Games in Italy.

Executive Producer BBC Winter Olympic Games, Cortina.

Editor of Sportsview Unit:          

Weekly Sportsview; Weekly Grandstand; Weekly Todays Sport; Weekly Sports Special. Specials - Hall of Fame Series.

1965/1966

BBC Current Affairs Group.

1966 to 1969

 Produced film documentaries, The Dawn Approaches and The Forgotten Army.

Executive Producer/Editor first European Television magazine programme, Journal De L'Europe, transmitted in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium.

BBC’s Executive Producer in North America based in New York. Masterminded ’live’ satellite coverage into BBC TV. Political programmes, Election specials, [US] Primaries, Heavyweight Boxing Championships, United Nations, Debates.

Liaison with US TV networks, Sports Depts. Masterminded BBC TV coverage on  [Martin] Luther King and Bobby Kennedy Assassinations etc.

1969 to 1976

Assistant Head BBC TV Current Affairs Group (U.K.); Executive Producer BBC Apollo Coverage and special programmes, Apollos 9 to 13.

Executive Producer 7-part series Grand Strategy BBC 1.

Executive Producer weekly Current Affairs programme Europa.

Three Term President of 'Intermag', the association of 29 Editors of TV Current Affairs programmes in Europe, Israel and Canada.

Specialist Current Affairs co-production with European Networks.

1976

Studio based programme on World Television, World in a Box.

13-part series for Yorkshire Television Not a Thousand Miles from Leeds.

1978

7-part series of programmes on history of aviation for BBC 1, Up, Up and Away.

 1978

Appointed consultant to The Bagenal Harvey Organisation.

1979/80       Programme Consultant for Thames Television on The Sewing Surgeons of Shanghai.