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[…]emy Taylor who was in television. And Henry, the elder daughter who was married to an actor. John Shearman wrote a marvellous obituary on Jack in the ACTT Journal. I always remember Jack's producership. He would growl at you: "Right Rodney. I'm here, now where are you taking me now?" "Oh I though we[…]

[…]EHP Secretary,  sue.malden@btinternet.com. Donald Wilson Side 1 Dave Robson  0:00The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. The subject is Donald Wilson, interviewed by Linda Wood 12th of July 1991. File 205. Side one. Linda Wood  0:21It's ok[…]

[…]ed out are the Arthur Askeys. I’ve got a couple of them.RF: Well I suppose they are quite amusing to bring back with time.[They stop][Second session] ACTT, Wardour St, 23rd August 1988.RF: Well Val welcome back to the recording session… and where we left off previously, we were discussing your writi[…]

GUIDO COENCopyright is invested in ACTT History Project.Guido Coen, producer and director of Twickenham Film Studios - interviewer Sid Cole .SIDE 1, TAPE 1SC: We always ask about origins, where were you born.GC : I was born in Milan, in 1915 which makes me 73, I don't feel it but its there.SC : And […]

DICKIE BEST Tape 1 of 115th July 1987.Interview of Richard Best, editor, interviewer Arthur Graham.Copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project.SIDE 1, TAPE 1AG: Richard, where and when were you born.DB: I was born in Hull in 1916 and brought down to London at an earlyage, about[…]

[…] tricky getting into television as a researcher, particularly in an ITV company, where at that sort of level you are going to need a union ticket, an ACTT ticket, so my very first job was at the Imperial War Museum Film Department. My very first boss was Anne Fleming (BEHP Interview No 0698) Say no […]

[…]ry for Rank, that’s right and so they tried everything out there.  They really made some terrible films. TD:  Can I just ask about the ACTT? Did you become a member? AY:  Oh yes, of course. TD:  Did you have any difficulty getting in? AY:  No, not at all […]

[…]ng about your works in Union?Nick Ardizzone  11:32  Even before I became a member, I was very impressed by the power and the good work that ACTT did. Yes, there were aspects of it, I thoroughly despised as I think most of us did, that there were elements of corruption, and high hand in dea[…]

[…] was really going through quite a depression at that time, there was this vicious circle where you couldn't get a job unless you were a member of the ACTT and you couldn't be a member unless you had a job and so it went on so, people were quite kind but really there was nothing doing so television w[…]