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[…]cer or something. Oh, it was awful. I was so unhappy, wasn’t I John?JPH: Yeah, well, it was the strangulated situation of the forced marriage between ABC and Rediffusion of course, and they were nearly all ABC people at Teddington and didn’t want to know about the Rediffusion people who’d cause[…]
[…]s what everybody did - even in the labour exchanges people were saying what I really want to do is direct - in job centres - so er - I found out that ABC Teddington were looking for - er - trainee directors - and I went along there to one of their boards like Brian Tesler and - I can’t remember the […]
[…]sp;DARROL BLAKE: AR? NEVILLE WORTMAN: It wasn’t AR, it was ATV to start with, because I think ATV was the first but it was known as ABC in those days until some problem because of ABC Pictures being in it. And so, I walked into Kingsway House, past the desk, up onto the secon[…]
[…]ke less money and we’ll do it on the BBC. And, no, they wouldn’t.MIKE DICK: Why was that then?PETE MURRAY: They got more money from ABC. Now the point was ….MIKE DICK: Sorry, what I meant Pete was why did you want to do it on the BBC?PETE MURRAY: I will tell you w[…]
[…] for booking the things for all the cinemas outside the ABC circuit. And Robert Clark, who was also a Scottish […]
[…] me and he went to British National, then went to ABC and they broke his heart. He rang me up […]
[…]led Wardour Films and they had actually an office in Wardour Street. And they were responsible for booking the things for all the cinemas outside the ABC circuit. And Robert Clark, who was also a Scottish lawyer, was in charge of all the sort of Wardour Films and anything outside the studios. And he[…]
[…]nd, indeed, he was one of the very greatest lighting cameramen.Vernon Sewell: Yeah. He moved to me and he went to British National, then went to ABC and they broke his heart. He rang me up and said, "Vernon, I'm so unhappy here, I'm so unhappy, they're crucifying me," and he died.Roy Fowler:&nb[…]
[…]udget was £5.00. If you were doing Manchester, Liverpool, the big cities, you actually had £25.00 and most of the films, of course, were shown by the ABC circuit, who were terribly mean - it was the Scottish accountant's thing and a man called Prior was the Head of Publicity and everything. And what[…]
