[…]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[…]
[…]bsp;the copyright of this recording is vested in the British entertainment history project. The interviewee is Robin watched the former Controller of BBC Northern Ireland. The interviewer is Peter vile, and the date is the 13th of March 2023.Unknown Speaker 0:25 And before we start the i[…]
[…]f times in the book of short stories. So that was one aspect of her life. In order to keep us here and make a living, she managed to get a job at the BBC in Bush House, which in those days broadcast to the Far East. So she used to broadcast in Hindi and Urdu at £25 a week. My father was not allowed […]
[…]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[…]
[…] had the jeep painted, just underneath the windscreen, er " BBC Television" and when I...er that broke down. So I went […]
[…]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[…]
[…]were concerned. They were based in Southampton and their Programme Director was a chap called Berkeley Smith, and Berkeley Smith was an ex-BBC man and he knew how to do television properly. And I went to Southampton, I drove to Southampton and I discovered – well I had been told – that th[…]
