Philip Gilbert

… and 'Bootsie and Snudge'. He rose to No 3 camera operator before moving to the BBC  as a trainee floor manager/assistant producer. Philip Gilbert became assistant producer to Head of Events, Ant…

Dick Mills

…und Wireless Mechanic. After his two years were up he applied for a job in BBC Radio as a Technical Assistant, before moving to the fledgling Radiophonic Workshop (initially as a holiday relief) …

Peter Murray

…ore moving into announcing. IMDb+2historyproject.org.uk+2Radio Luxembourg & BBC Light Programme: Joined Radio Luxembourg around 1949-1950 as a resident announcer. Later, from 1958, he presented sh…

Edward Mirzoeff

…n 1953, obtaining a BA (Oxon) in 1956, MA (Oxon) in 1960.He worked at BBC Television from 1963 to 2000, latterly as Executive Producer, Documentaries. His wide-ranging studies of Britis…

Joan Jenkins

…35mm, Don Banks, 50s distribution, USA, 1961, The Grey Seal, Royal Performance, BBC, Filmstrips, press officer, Girl Guides film, Women’s Institutes, African Services BBC, Public Relations, BBC Televi…

Malcolm Brown

…hree months in Germany, tapping phones. On demob saw an advert in The Times for BBC wanting general trainees.   Spent the next two years working in various departments of the General Oversea…

John Furness

Moved to Wickford until 21 years. With uncle built first wireless receiver in village of Wickford for early BBC broadcasts. Heard Dame Nellie Melba singing.Joined a bank.

Allan Prior

…levision episodes  from the 1950s onwards. He was a founding writer of the BBC’s seminal TV police drama “Z-Cars” with Troy Kennedy Martin. He wrote five of the first ten episodes and more than 8…

Geoffrey Baines

…tor and director with government film units in East and West Africa. Joined the BBC Television Film Department and for five years directed and cut documentary/drama and compilation films. Seven years …

Stephen Williams

…bsp;keen wireless enthusiast. "I was able to listen proudly to the debut of the BBC on 14 November 1922, and from the moment I heard the announcer say "This is 2LO calling, 2LO, the London station of …