[…]have an entire crew doing it for the first time. And I think we’ve all seen some of the results. Some of the things I’ve seen, I mean I try and watch channel 2… er… channel 4, screen on 2 sort of thing.Yes.I persevere and I wonder why I do but sometimes they defeat me and I have to give up. Oh I rea[…]
[…] a radio and television, so we could get television sound but we hadn’t got television picture. Anyway, we turned the sound on to the television channel and they were playing music, the BBC were playing music. I mean television used to break down every night in those days so, you know. And we t[…]
[…]t Angel. And, obviously... At least he did approach me, and I went to meet this company Art Angel, who invested a lot in art. And they got money from Channel 4 to make a film, and they got, Mike Figgis directed it. And they wouldn’t employ, they would not pay me or my miner friend, Terry Dunn, who h[…]
[…]Legard: Sorry, what's the title again?Teddy Darvas: It came out as "Letters to an Unknown Lover".John Legard: Right.Teddy Darvas: Channel 4. But entende deux, it was at a festival and Gaumont wanted it for cinema release because it was so good. The book was written by these two F[…]
[…] invested a lot in art. And they got money from Channel 4 to make a film, and they got, Mike […]
[…] isolated. The only thing we did have was this terrible channel CNN and that channel, I think, did more to […]
[…]t straight to the school. And was at that boarding school, the Quaker boarding school, Leighton Park for 4 ½years.Norman Swallow:2.12Did your parents come over?Karel Reisz:2.14No, my parents didn't su[…]
[…]at was an eye opener I can tell you. [Laughter] [TIME 02:09:49] So, I did that but that was while I was still at the BBC and then when I left, Channel 4 asked me if I would go and have a look at their television library and so I went there. In fact, the boss of the part of Channel 4 tha[…]
[…]8 June 2010Interviewer: Mike DickInterviewee: Joy CuffCamera Ruth Bolland The copyright is vested in the BECTU History Project. 0:00:04.7 MIKE: The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project. The name of the interviewee is Joy Cuff, ne Seddon - Mat[…]