[…] it's like this, this angel is going up to heaven. And it's very Ken Russell ish. And I think on the basis for that film, he got his first job at the BBC. And another film that was extremely impressive was by Peter Wilkins, it was called forgotten faces. And it was about the uprising against the aga[…]
[…]ded people at Unity and I suppose I've continued to offend people, I can't blame Unity only for that, I've offended people all over the place, at the BBC and everywhere. Norman Swallow: Johnny, does that mean you wrote a play and submitted it to Unity Johnny Speight: Yes, I wrote plays, yes, and one[…]
[…] - 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[…]
[…]e school closed, I was casting about for what to do next. And that was when I began in the theatre. And very soon afterwards started my career in the BBC. Joyce Robinson 2:39 Well, well, so this is this when you're 22. And you Lois Singer 2:42 &n[…]
[…]rman Swallow 0:04 The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. Richard Levin, head of television design for the BBC interview on normal swallow, recorded on the third of September 1991. side one okay. First of all, when and where were you born?Richard Levin &nbs[…]
[…] 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[…]
[…]ch was 30 weeks in London. And then thought I would like to go back to the West Country, where my family were, but my father suggested I apply to the BBC in London. I thought of applying to independent television that was just starting in Plymouth under Peter Cadbury. Oh no, apply to the BBC. So I d[…]
[…]college I was … went to the careers office and they suggested me for two basic jobs, and one was a research oficer at Equity and one was a trainee in BBC radio, and I applied for both and got down to the last two of the Equity job, but i was, you know, all I had was an academic degree I had absolute[…]
[…]ht, let's see if I can't get some more money, see if we can cover a bit more anyway. went looking for a job for more money and got interviewed by the BBC and was offered a job a secretarial job for less money. At which point my mum said, Look, Louise, you've always wanted to work in broadcasting, I'[…]
