[…]nd said, "Right, John, come back when you want to." And that, actually, was the kind of the ultimate in familyness. And I wouldn't have found that at BBC. I'm positive! Because one of my colleagues, ex-colleagues, unfortunately she had a bad relationship which went AWOL and, although we tried to sto[…]
[…]nd enjoying going to the cinema, not really knowing anything about it. And as I grew up, my father had left the film business as such, and joined the BBC. And although that sounded quite a nice job, I wasn't overly interested in it. And I think like most, maybe not like most. But anyway, I felt I ne[…]
[…]e head master said, you know, "Oh, you'll presumably go into a bank or something like that." So, I hadn't a clue what to do but I had an uncle in the film business and he said he could get me a job. And so I told this head master that I was going into the film business and he was absolutely astounde[…]
[…]nd my mother got us there because of the Red Cross. So I was vaguely with them then. But then I was called up. And then when I got ill, went into the BBC. So, you know, an awful lot of the time I was not at home ... Roy Fowler 33:36 Indeed. Jill Balcon 33:3[…]
[…] Lee who was directing films in those days.SC: He was directing at BIP [British International Pictures] and places.RP: Yes, he was quite a well-known director. He was making a film at Riverside and so I went there as a runner, generally seeing what it was all about. There was a picture being made&nb[…]
[…] E ric Cross (Lighting Camer aman – DOP) Career in film industry: 1926 to (circa) 1962 Credits include: Christmas Under […]
[…]ly with Donald Dewar who was the big Labour figure of the era and so we always managed to get the services of Donald Dewar on programmes ahead of the BBC. I was quite friendly - I'll rephrase that - I knew Alex Salmond quite well. Friendly would be over-stating it. And he would always, for example o[…]
[…]called David Dunbar American director of wore a big Stetson hat and was marvellous at throwing knives and things like that. But he wasn't a very good director. Not at someone, not at people he used to throw them at playing cards and was fascinating. I mean, he you know, he twirled his six guns and t[…]
