Maurice Elvey

[…]ced plays by Chekov, Strindberg, Ibsen and all the... what were then the new dramatists of the day. Inevitably, this brought me into contact with the best sort of minds of the day. Believe it or not, it brought me into contact with H.G. Wells: the greatest influence in my whole life. It also brought[…]

Harry Coventry

[…]egetables, but mostly for for either fish or or meat, groceries, cheese, that sort of thing. You've got a tiny amount, but, you know, people made the best of it and and I think we were probably the healthiest we've ever been as a as a nation, because we didn't eat lots of fat. We didn't, we didn't. […]

Elizabeth (Liz) Bale

[…]grace, windy Goldie, who's quite a legend within the BBC. No, Elizabeth Bale  7:55  she was one of those remote figures. The best thing, I think, that I remember was when we finished work, we used to go to the viewing galleries, which I think were on the fourth level, becaus[…]

Waseem Mahmood

[…];My name is wasI Mahmoud. I was born in Lahore in Pakistan, and my nationality is British. Okay.Unknown Speaker  0:20  And have you won any awards for your work?Speaker 2  0:24  Yeah, I was awarded an OBE in the 2005, New Year's Honours List for contribution to the reconstruction[…]
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