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[…]p;                    “Essentially … I was waiting for Channel 4 to launch in 82”. I wasn’t made Head of Documentaries at Thames, bizarre because I was clearly the right person, so it was easy to resign an[…]

[…] were bands and a magazine and some plays. And then these girls said, 'well, we're fed up with doing plays'. And I said, 'well, let's make a film for Channel 4'. And I knew nothing about making films, I didn't know you were supposed to get a commission (laughter). I just thought, Channel 4 had start[…]

[…]m.  He went back to Rediffusion.  He became the Head of Features and, of course, eventually the Director of Programmes and so on, and on to Channel 4, etc.  But no doubt the year at the BBC was not a happy one, for him or for the BBC.    Political programmes grew, I sup[…]

[…]o London, worked on theHam and High for about five years, then the Evening Standard, then The GuardianWoman’s Page, and then when Channel 4 began I went to interview Jeremy Isaacs for The Guardian and just before he started Channel 4 it was announced that he was going t[…]

[…]and it was about that time, it was about, that would have been the early part of 1982, that Jeremy Isaacs was appointed as the new Chief Executive of Channel 4 and announced they were looking for ideas, and Vicky and I were at an event together, sorry Vicky Wegg-Prosser and I were at an event togeth[…]

[…]and the environment and all that sort of thing, and I thought it was rather interesting, refreshing. So I suggested to them that we put up an idea to Channel 4, which was just starting, and asked them, Channel 4, to make commitment to design rather than just doing the occasional programme about a de[…]

[…]ired affect.So I arrived as the assistant head with BBC2 on the horizon, it wasn't fully decided but it looked as though we were going to get another channel. With a decent number of really fixed slots on BBC, on BBC1 as it was later known on the television, with decent budgets and in the nicest way[…]

[…] suggested to them that we put up an idea to Channel 4, which was just starting, and asked them, Channel 4, […]

[…] and honours and things like that. Have you had any [inaudible]?Well, I’m a Fellow of the Royal College of Art, and, I’ve got a BAFTA.For?A Channel 4 film Cutting Edge: Casualties.Ah, OK. And your parents did what? It’s sort of relevant.[laughs] My father was in the Army, and, Me[…]