Michael Wearing

…udied Anthropology at Durham University. Wikipedia+1Early Career (Theatre, then BBC Regions)After university, he worked two years as a research assistant at Leeds University, where he also directed pl…

David Rose

…t History Project+2The Guardian+2Entry to Television & Early WorkJoined the BBC in 1954 as Assistant Floor Manager in the drama department. British Entertainment History Project+2BFI+2By the late …

Christine Whittaker

… in Modern Languages with a view to becoming a translator, Christine joined the BBC World Service, where her work included broadcasts to French-speaking Canada. From there she transferred to BBC Telev…

Ernest Maxin

…ho specialised in television  light entertainment and comedy, for both The BBC and ITV. Maxin worked alongside comedians including Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Charlie Drake and Jack Benny.

John Gray

… died December 21 2006. In 1960 John Gray,  directed West Highland for the BBC. The film brought together his 1930s career, when he worked alongside the great documentary maker John Grierson, wha…

Julian Amyes

…ing ‘old men. He then went to Birmingham Rep and in 1951 saw an advert from the BBC asking for trainee TV Directors! Accepted and offered the 6 week course, after which he was attached to various…

Paul Watson

…ciality to film making. Encounters difficulties with tutor, Iris Murdoch.Enters BBC via Richard Cauwston (Whickers World, etc.) and later works with Jack Gold. A Year in the Life wins a…

Charles Wheeler

… Wheeler was a British  journalist and broadcaster. Having joined the BBC in 1947, he became the corporation's longest-serving foreign correspondent from most of the world’s troubl…

Norman Chapman

…Studios; left to work on equipment supplied by Radio Relay, left to work at the BBC Recording Dept in Delaware Road in the early war years. he then moves on to the immediate post war years at Ale…