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…In 1947 they moved into the top floor of a house in Regent’s Park Road owned by Alan Hutt. She talks about her new school, the South Hampstead High and of how little they saw of her father.

…e Goes By with Judi Dench.  behp0449-philip-jones-summary[transcribed from Alan Lawson’s handwritten notes, amended where necessary. DS]SIDE ONEBorn 1927, Cheltenham, and Cheltenham Grammar Schoo…

Lotterby was born in Paddington, London, to Winifred (née Warren) and Sidney Lotterby, a shop fitter, and grew up in Edgware, Middlesex. In 1941, on leaving Stag Lane school aged 14, he joined the BBC as a storekeeper in the electrical department at Broadcasting House, then worked in the sound control room at BBC Radio until his national service in the British Army from 1946 until 1948.After national service he returned to the BBC and became a cameraman and progressed to becoming technical manager. He joined the BBC's Entertainment Department in 1958 and in 1963, became a producer/director.Lotterby married Marcia Dos Santos in 1997.He died on 28 July 2020, at the age of 93.Television comedy series which he produced or directed included: As Time Goes By, May to December, Last of the Summer Wine, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Ever Decreasing Circles, Brush Strokes, Open All Hours, The Old Boy Network, Butterflies, Ripping Yarns, Porridge, Going Straight, Broaden Your Mind, the final series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Liver Birds, Up Pompeii! and Sykes and A....A sketch in At Last The 1948 Show in which four exactly alike men all called Sydney Lotterby ("The Four Sydney Lotterbies") was written by John Cleese, because he liked the name. The men were played by Cleese, Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Graham Chapman. Cleese also gave the name to the character played by Robert Lindsay in Fierce Creatures (1997).Lotterby won four BAFTA awards for comedy, including for Porridge (and also for a special in 1975), Going Straight (1978) and Yes Minister (1980). He was also nominated for 11 more. In 1994, Lotterby was appointed OBE.

Born 27 Sept 1917, Motherwell. Educated locally, first job was with Liptons as a delivery boy, then on the counter, then on the night shift in a bakery. Came south and worked for The Cold Storage Company in Bournemouth. Returned to Motherwell, then sent on a training course to Watford where he learned scientific glass-blowing. Joined Atlas Sprinklers Co., Hayes and then moved to Fairey Aviation, then joined up. Took various courses and on demobilisation went after a job at Hawker-Siddeley, but there was a strike on. On his way home he passed Technicolor Plant, got off the bus and asked for a job. Went into soundtrack development at 1shiling and ten pence an hour ], then moved to Positive Control at 3 shillings and 6 pence an hour [17.5 new pence], then moved to Register Control. After the “lock-out” of 1954, he left to go to Colour Film Services with Roland Chase, later went on to the Board of Directors. CFS moved to Portman Square, then later opened a new lab in Perivale where they processed the first Ektachrome [film stock] in the UK.  he joined Humphries Labs.He backtracks to CFS and relates how he, together with his local MP, battled with Customs & Excise [now HMRC] to get the duty raised on imported “one-off” colour print from which internegatives would be made. He then goes on to talk about the problems he faced when he took control of Humphries Lab’s out of date equipment and the difficulties faced when trying to get new equipment moved into a building which had narrow passages and iron doors. He talks about being asked by Weintraub to examine the negatives held by Pathe Library at Elstree. Now in retirement he works on Adult Education teaching literacy and numeracy and starts to describe his work.  behp0273-john-jeffrey-summarySIDE ONEBorn 27 Sept 1917, Motherwell. Educated locally, first job was with Liptons as a delivery boy, then on the counter, then on the night shift in a bakery. Came south and worked for The Cold Storage Company in Bournemouth. Returned to Motherwell, then sent on a training course to Watford where he learned scientific glass-blowing. Joined Atlas Sprinklers Co., Hayes and then moved to Fairey Aviation, then joined up. Took various courses and on demobilisation went after a job at Hawker-Siddeley, but there was a strike on. On his way home he passed Technicolor Plant, got off the bus and asked for a job. Went into soundtrack development at 1shiling and ten pence an hour [c9 new pence], then moved to Positive Control at 3 shillings and 6 pence an hour [17.5 new pence], then moved to Register Control. After the “lock-out” of 1954, he left to go to Colour Film Services with Roland Chase, later went on to the Board of Directors. CFS moved to Portman Square, then later opened a new lab in Perivale where they processed the first Ektachrome [film stock] in the UK. From his talk it is obvious that Roland Chase was a very unpredictable man to work with, and after some 22 years it was time to break that service and he relates how he joined Humphries Labs.SIDE TWOHe backtracks to CFS and relates how he, together with his local MP, battled with Customs & Excise [now HMRC] to get the duty raised on imported “one-off” colour print from which internegatives would be made. He then goes on to talk about the problems he faced when he took control of Humphries Lab’s out of date equipment and the difficulties faced when trying to get new equipment moved into a building which had narrow passages and iron doors. He relates an interesting story about Stanley Kubrick and the Barry Lyndon negative. He talks about being asked by Weintraub to examine the negatives held by Pathe Library at Elstree. He then backtracks to Technicolor and the training that was given. Now in retirement he works on Adult Education teaching literacy and numeracy and starts to describe his work.SIDE THREE [only about 15 minutes duration]He continues to talk about his work in Adult Education and the various other activities that take up his time, and finally fishes up at Technicolor. [END]

Sound DepartmentEditorEditorial DepartmentIMDbProSTARMETERSee rankAlfred Cox was born in 1925 in London, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Death Wish (1974), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and The Pirates of Blood River (1962). He died in 2005 in Somerset, England, UK.Died2005behp0267-alfie-cox-filmographyHonorary Secretary of the Guild of British Film Editors and The Cine Guilds of Great Britain.Entered Cutting Rooms in 1942 and worked on government documentaries until 1949.Films worked on include:F= Feature; S=Short1949 Celia (F). Film Editor.          Room to Let (F). Film Editor.1949-54 Worked as First Assistant to Jimmy Needs1954-55 Dubbed pilots of Aggie and Mitch-Sailor of Fortune TV series.1955 Joe MacBeth (F). Sound editor.1956 X-The Unknown (F). Sound Editor.          The Steel Bayonet (F). Sound Editor.1957 Robbery Under Arms (F). Uncredited Second sound editor.          The Abominable Snowman (F). Sound Editor.           The Snorkel (F). Sound Editor.            Clean Sweep (S). Film Editor.             Danger List (S). Film Editor.             Man with a Dog (S). Film Editor.1958    The Revenge of Frankenstein (F). Film Editor.              I Only Arsked (F). Film Editor.              The Hound of the Baskervilles (F). Film Editor.1959     Yesterday’s Enemy (F). Film Editor.               Ticket to Happiness (S). Film Editor.                The Mummy (F). Film Editor.                The Stranglers of Bombay (F). Film Editor.                 Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (F). Film Editor                 Hell is a City (F). Uncredited Sound Editor.1960         The Brides of Dracula (F). Film Editor.                  Visa to Canton (F). Editor.                   The Curse of the Werewolf (F). Editor.                    The Shadow of the Cat (F). Sound Editor.1961 Watch it Sailor! (F). Editor.           The Pirates of Blood River (F). Sound Editor.            The Phantom of the Opera (F) [Re-make]. Film Editor.1962   The Primitives (F). Film Editor.             Jason and the Argonauts (F). Sound Editor.1962-3 The Leather Boys (F). Sound Editor.1963    Siege of the Saxons (F). Sound Editor.              The Comedy Man (F). Sound Editor.              Becket (F). Uncredited Second Sound Editor.1964     The First Men in the Moon (F). Uncredited Sound Editor.1964-5  I’ve Gotta Horse (F). Sound Editor.1965      Die Monster, Die (F). Film Editor.               Tomb of Ligeia (F). Film Editor.1965-6   The Lost Command (F). [Spain/US] Sound Editor.1966       One Million Years BC (F). Sound Editor.1966-7    Far from the Madding Crowd (F). Sound Editor.1967-8    Arabella (F) [Rome] Sound Editor.1968-9    Better a Widow (F). [Rome] Sound Editor.1969-70  Cromwell (F). Sound Editor. [GBFE nomination].1970        Puppet on a Chain (F). Uncredited Sound Editor.1970-1     The Trojan Women (F). Sound Editor.1971-2      Pope Joan (F). Sound Editor.1972          The Adventures of Black Beauty (TV series) Sound Editor on 4 episodes, series 1.1973          The Adventures of Marco Polo (F). Sound Editor.                   Paul McCartney Special (F). Sound Editor.1974           Death Wish (F). Sound Editor. [GBFE Nomination]1975           Death of a Snowman (F). [RSA] Film & Sound Editor.1976           Beauty and the Beast (F). [UK/US remake]. Sound Editor.1977            Leopard in the Snow (F). Sound Editor.1978   Dominique (F). Sound Editor.            Ike- The War Years (TV Special). [British segment] Uncredited Sound Editor.             Out (6 x 60 min TV Serial). Sound Editor.1978-9 The Lady Vanishes (F). [Remake] Sound Editor.1979-80 Fox (13 x 60 min TV Serial). Sound Editor.1980       Dangerous Davies. (TV Special). Sound Editor.1980-1    The Shillingbury Tales. (6 x 60 min TV series). Sound Editor.1982        Funny Money (F).  Sound Editor.                  Marlowe – Private Investigator. (5 x 60 min TV Series). Sound Editor.1983         Kennedy. (TV Special). Sound Editor.1984          The First Modern Olympics. (TV Special) Sound Editor.1985           Parker. (F). Sound Editor.                     King David. (F). Sound Editor.1986            Paradise Postponed. (12 x 60 min TV Series). Sound Editor. [Pyral Diapason D’Or                Award].                     Monte Carlo. [TV Special] Uncredited Sound Editor,1987            Puss in Boots. (F). Sound Editor.1988            Troubles. (TV Serial). Uncredited Sound Editor.1989             The Free Frenchman. (6 x 60 min TV Serial). Sound Editor.1990             Golden Eye. [US Version, TV Special]. Uncredited Sound Editor.1991              Double X – The Name of the Game. (F). Additional Editor & Sound Editor.[END of LIST]