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…ish television producer who initially trained as a secretary, Thomas joined the BBC after the war and became a prominent figure in the Talks Department controlling live studio productions. She launche…

Head of Outside Broadcasting, Head of BBC Enterprises 

Joined Gainsborough Studios as an electrical maintenance worker in 1943. Later joined BBC in Radio studios and later at Alexandra Palace

Ron Genders discusses his working life: From Page Boy at BBC Savoy Hill in the 1920s; a studio runner in the 1930; as a documentary Assistant Director from the 1940s to the 1970s, to finally closing d…

…ain in business even when, from the early-1990s, competition increased when the BBC’s studios were also marketed to independents.

Allan Tyrer was a film editor who  edited many of the BBC’s most innovative documentaries. He worked on the 1950s’ magazine programme MONITOR, CIVILISATION (1969), I REGRET NOTHING - a biogr…

Lieutenant by then. Maintenance of cameras – from Movietone and GB newsreels dried up. Work for BBC newsreel – fixed Mitchell cameras. Studios bought new equipment so Uncle went into manufacture.