[…]as made, I was sent out to Dreghorn in Irvine to be an AV [Audio Visual] Engineer. Two months after that, luckily enough, I got an interview with the light">light">light">BBC. light">light">light">BBC Scotland. And I got a job as an Assistant Engineer based in Aberdeen - Beechgrove - and after about a year and a half from that, I then came […]
[…]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, light">light">light">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[…]
[…]ks (laughs) Verity Lambert was my PA and - er - you can imagine Verity running - she ran - she ran the show.Q: That was - er - ABC’s version of light">light">light">BBC’s ‘Monitor’ wasn’t it?00:11:34 JOE: Well - that’s a good - it’s a good question it was the ABC’s version of ‘Monito[…]
[…]we call nowadays a "spin-off".Rodney Giesler: A spin-off. And he got his Eady Money, and fine, everyone was happy. I then went to do some work at the light">light">light">BBC called "View & Teach" which was a television series to teach English to foreign speakers.John Legard: Did you have an agent?Rodney Giesler: No[…]
[…] happy. I then went to do some work at the light">light">BBC called "View & Teach" which was a television series […]
[…]me kickstarted. And I wanted obviously in my final year I started applying for jobs and I applied for the Trainee Assistant Producer scheme in London light">light">light">BBC and also a Trainee Assistant Editor. I did an interview in Manchester for light">light">light">BBC Manchester as an Assistant Editor. And I think I went to Yorkshire T[…]
[…] out of the window! But we all coped and it was fine. But the best joy I had at STV was a Director called Dougie Moodie. Douglas Moodie. He came from light">light">light">BBC to STV and it was Ibsen's The Wild Duck, the play. I'd seen it at the Festival and Douglas's interpretation of it, television-wise, was unbelievab[…]
[…]ell I prefer the broadcasters that's here. But I had a great problem trying to get in at that time. And all the ITV companies turned me down. But the light">light">light">BBC read through my thing and said Would I like to I then applied to the light">light">light">BBC to go in as the as the the man in charge of the Russian service in Bush h[…]
[…] SR At the end of the 80s you left the light">light">BBC, having been there a long time, and set up […]
[…]actor sometimes to read the minimalcommentary. Yeah.Can we stop for a second year just because I feel yes. It's….SRAt the end of the 80s you left the light">light">light">BBC, having been there a long time, and set up your ownproduction company. Can you tell me why you did that?JBWell. I remember it was very much agains[…]
