[…]ut they were better than some of the crap you see on television in these days, some old stuf.Roy Fowler: They might get repeated, there are all these channels opening up.Robert Beatty: The quality, for what they were, for how quickly they were made and how cheaply they were made they weren't bad. Ce[…]
[…]t is purely, more or less, a video unit.Film hardly comes into it at all, probably only if it's commissioned.They have just made a film promoting the Channel Tunnel which is by theChannel Tunnel Consortium and that is made on film. But they'rebasically down to video, they don't even possess a cuttin[…]
[…] just with the BBC you know getting commissions from different Channels. How was that? JB Well that was very interesting […]
[…] be lost on the sides unless if it's shown on Channel 4 they will show the masked top and bottom, […]
[…] invariably he’d call me to talk about things just as Channel Four news was starting. Equally due honourable billing are Sid […]
[…] my break. The other guy worked with Jim All right. Pluto fan films. He's someone you want to get ahold of, he's fantastic. He put he found a deal at Channel Five. And we put that we shot that in New Zealand as well. We did two series of that, and did very well. Great ratings. And we were gonna do a[…]
[…]d have stayed to do News but the Features stuff, I wanted to continue to do that, which I still do. I: So, that would be in the new environment, Channel Four and... R: Up against that, yes. I: OK but it sounds like you made some good career choices and you've had a great job and it's […]
[…]ny which I think expanded and gottaken over; Got bigger and bigger. You were working not just with the BBC you knowgetting commissions from different Channels. How was that?JBWell that was very interesting and the first commission took a long time to get. I mean it'squite a dicey thing; you leave a […]
[…]years ago. It's an age of trivia, advertising driven age of trivia and this sort of search for young readers at all costs. The only film programme on Channel Four is movie watch, which is the most Gore blimey programme it could we ever, ever listen to. The other day the times printed an article by t[…]
