Esther Rantzen

[…] so a few of those producers were sitting around propping up a bar of the George or in a club - what is now the Langham Hilton with a slightly grubby BBC club - and they have a great feeling of pride. Both in radio and as against the Johnny come lately upstart commoners Mark television and I le[…]

Alexander Faris

[…]re late coming from London, so a lot of the audience was held up. So they held back the opening and the show ran late, overran by 11 minutes, and the BBC Home Service as it was then held back the 10 o'clock news for Iolanthe to finish. I thought life has not bee in vain.TD: Who was in the cast of Io[…]

Anne V Coates

[…]lark? No. Jim Clark? No not Jim, he wasn’t around then. No. I was thinking... Well, there was Robert Clark[ph] who was editor[??] at[??] the BBC[??-8:42]. No, it wasn’t... No. His name’s... I can see his face but I can’t remember his name. Not to worry, because it will be a matter of […]

Joan Kemp-Welch

[…]atre and with - as of that time - and your career as an actress. Someone came to you and said, "Commercial television is coming up." Had you done any BBC television as an actress, or as a director?Joan Kemp-Welch: Well as an actress, as I say, the one time I told you, at the Alexandria Palace w[…]
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