Roy Fowler

…bsp;History Project, which was the forerunner of the BECTU History and the British Entertainment History Project. Roy spoke about his own career in film, TV and radio in an interview with the His…

David Puttnam

…e So Far. From 1994 to 2004, he was Vice President and Chair of Trustees at the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) and was awarded a BAFTA Fellowship in 2006. He is also a Fellow of…

George Ivan Smith

.(Australia had only Trade Commissioners .Diplomacy handled by British Foreign Office.) Set up in two weeks .Went on air exactly on schedule. Service settled down, broadcasting in several languag…

Rudolph (Rudi) Cartier

…aker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC. He is best known for his 1950s collaborations with screenwriter N…

William MacQuitty

…hotographer and Author. Films: [This list omits some credits listed by the British Film Institute, and contains others not listed by the BFI] Documentaries for the forces during the war and The M…

Sidney Cole: editor, producer, union man

  Recently digitised and now available online (https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/sidney-cole) is the British Entertainment History Project’s 1987 interview with Sidney Cole. Sidney […]

Derek Boshier

Born 1937 in Portsmouth, UK, Derek Boshier is a seminal British artist and was a leading figure of the British Pop scene in the 1960s. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.Boshier rose to promi…

About us

[…] benefit of new audiences. In addition to our Foundation Partners, BECTU and  British Film Institute (BFI) Screen Online, our other partners include:- ​British Cinema and […]

Simon Lund

…udios and other archives such as the Anthology Film Archive in New York and The British Film Institute. Between 2009 and 2014, he worked in the Investigation Department of the Spanish and Portuguese F…