[…]hat we'd all met before. And I thought to myself how funny years ago I was an extra seeing you directing the film. Talking to you, it was David Leeds associate producer and so on. And called I then had all sorts of ideas. He said, David, I've always thought there's a wonderful film to be made about […]
[…]brother. He was as you as quite a natural actor. And who else was on, Jenny Laird was the lead in that. So after that your next picture was one I was associated with, Dead of Night.CC: Yes, that 's when we started to know each other, to our mutual advantage or disadvantage.SC: Tell me about Dead of […]
[…] system. So I had to go and see Richard Burton who was supposed to be associate producer and just sit tight has given him. I went to see him in h[…]
[…]sp; In fact I think I lasted two days and then resigned, and I went back to being a second and then I became a production manager and then finally an associate producer, and then production assistant, and then a producer. So I have done it all. TD: What were you… what was the first […]
[…] manager’s courses when I went were, were reckoned to be producer material, and that was what they were after. Mm, […]
[…] of fitted that.Yes. And that was why I applied.Mm, mm. Mm. And most people on, on the studio manager’s courses when I went were, were reckoned to be producer material, and that was what they were after.Mm, my memory of The BBC at exactly that time was that it was very much a Civil Service, built in[…]
[…] been Betty Willingale DRAFT Tape 1 Side A a television producer before, and we had others of course, eventually. And […]
[…]or Michael Barry who ran the department and I thought was one of the most, oh, best man of drama I’ve ever met, he was saddled really with a staff of producers, they were called then, we’d call them directors now, who were all on the staff [Laughter] and so he could never bring in new people, newer […]
[…]p;that I went with MichaelDarlow who was eventually accredited with assistant producer or associateproducer, whatever it was it was a slightly nonsensical credit because he wasmore […]