[…]d changing anything. I mean the worst commercial for that I ever did was for that fat, beastly QI presenter. He’s lost weight, he’s married, he’s the Bafta bloke or he was. What’s he called?PF: Stephen Fry?EH: Stephen Fry! I wasn’t that familiar with him but I did know he was big, and a painkiller c[…]
[…]inserts of Sanan Dure. I think it won awards in various places, you know. I: I mean, what do you think you'd won? R: I was given a Scottish Bafta, which was rather nice. Also there was a Royal Television Society Award which we got. That was in London and that was presented by that chap who[…]
[…]t arrived and Francis was a very dashing wee chap from ATV and London and very much a Light Entertainment specialist, and indeed, hadn't long won the Bafta for a show with Millie [Millicent] Martin, as I recall, as Light Entertainment Producer of the Year when we got it. Anyway, Martin, sorry, Franc[…]
[…]s a documentary, basically, about them but with their concert. I: It won a few awards, didn't it, that programme? R: It did, yeah, it won a BAFTA. I: How did you, you must be quite...? R: Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely! [61:29]I: We are back in VT and by this time, what, we are i[…]
[…]know, 'that's really good!' You know, he was, I mean I liked him and I did a lot of really good stuff for, you know, for him. I did another one - the BAFTA award. I was, again, quite pregnant and that was with Don and it was Studio A with a big budget and I could have as many Joiner/Painter hours an[…]
[…]throughout the 70s, the department expanded until I can remember in 1978, I think it was about then, and I just begun Empire road. David hare won the BAFTA Award for licking Hitler. Gangsters was our series. Alan Bleasdale had just done the first black stuff, film. And this all went out in one sees.[…]
[…]s full Assistant when I was made up was a film called “Public School” and the Editor was Paul Carter, the Director was Jonathan Gili and Paul won the BAFTA Craft Award for “Public School” and was was kind enough to share his prize with me. So that was that was delightful.SPEAKER: M2 [Paul Collard]So[…]
[…]onservative Government - Willie Whitelaw & Leon Brittain. I set up meeting for Leon to meet would-be independent producers. I set up screening at BAFTA of films by independent producers – Mike Dodds, Michael Peacock, John Cleese, Roy Godfrey. We made it look like enormous pool of talent – actual[…]
[…]ea quarter of the B.B.C.’s output must come from independents. And George and I, two seniorproducers in the department, were invited by Will to go to BAFTA, sit on the stage andanswer questions about what sort of things we felt we wanted from independents (we theB.B.C.) wanted from independents and […]
[…]ey Burton once who didn't require any changes. He got transmitted on BBC One peak viewing time just after the news. And it was it was nominated for a BAFTA. You know, and there was about 5000 credits on that film, maybe less, you know, it just shows what could be done, which doesn't happen now. And […]
