[…] Cans[?] comics, a sort of a technical paper, a technical book for people building amateur radios and stuff like that. And this was the time when the BBC were transmitting 30 line TV on long-wave I think, and medium-wave.Alan Lawson: Yes.David Robson: And I built the Nipkow disk and the picture elem[…]
[…] tremendous thrill a few years ago when there was a BBC programme called Scarpa Flow, the history of the naval […]
[…]s. With the with the footsteps artists. That step foot footsteps artists, footsteps, artists. Oh, I remember there was one guy called Laddie from the BBC, you know, ladder used to work on the goon shows. Right? And he played the off screen effects. If there was a toilet or so you know, that was Lenn[…]
[…]pyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project. Our subject today is John Ammonds - A M M O N D S. Television producer director, ex-BBC TV, Thames TV, London Weekend Television, now retired. The interviewer record this is John P Hamilton, member of the BECTU History Project committ[…]
[…]ying. This is one way of working. And when I was working with them, for instance, I remember shotwell Vera miles was coming down the road just by the BBC up in Portland place out and she turns into a doorway and goes into the door. And I said to Milton cries, and I said, what I do I she comes down t[…]
[…] - which they did and er...then, all of a sudden, BBC rang me up...er...a gentleman er who I'd never heard […]
[…]ee again?" I said, "Well, no. You hire me out," I said, "I want money coming in each month, you see" - which they did and er...then, all of a sudden, BBC rang me up...er...a gentleman er who I'd never heard of, a Mr Dale Struther[?] and said could I possibly help them out to come up on a Saturday an[…]
[…] retarded of buildings. And of course later on I went to work because. The BBC. I think and probably asked you this just in case I haven't. But when d[…]
[…]s Film Foundation films are doing well now, they've been sold to Russia and lots of places.BE: I'm sure there are a lot of very good ones.BA: And the BBC have been showing a lot. But they of course stick mainly to the colour ones,BE: Ours weren't colour at all.BA: Were any of the pictures Mr Baxter […]
[…]e never known anybody shoot with such low ratios. I mean when we went out shooting Peter shot the shot and that was it there was no messing about. No BBC 40 takes. It was just what he knew exactly what he wanted it was all absolutely planned that went in his head not on paper. And eventually they th[…]
