[…]Lawson 0:00 The copyright of this recording is vested in the Bectu History Project, Bill Ward, television technician since 1936 director, producer, programme executive, interviewer, Norman Swallow with Alan Lawson recorded on the 21st of January, 1997 side one, Alan […]
[…]rley , Max Adrian , The sister of David Nivens called Grizel Niven , who gave it up shortly; became an eminent sculptress. But we got this job with a director, I mean an impresario you could say, who sent out first tours, who was notorious for two things; paying the lowest salary and going after the[…]
Copyright ACTT History Project, Bill Mason, film director, film producer, recorded on 4th October 1987, interviewer Alan LawsonAL: Where were you born.BM: I was born in Edgebaston, which is the snob part of Birmingham on 9th November 1915 .AL : What kind of schooling did you receive.BM: I went to on[…]
[…]u got the job." Yay! Mum, Bobby, we're not going. "Can you come to St. Christopher's place tonight for a Japanese meal and meet the producers and the director". And that was the beginning of The Mini Mob. I'll stop there. Okay, so you want to ask me something else? Madeline Smith 28:[…]
[…] I had some experience of that and I enjoyed that and so I decided that five years was enough doing the Fringe and I spoke to David Johnston, who was Director of Programmes at the time, and he liked the idea so STV hired me as the Arts Correspondent, which meant I had to do stuff on Scotland Today, […]
[…] stuff from studios and playing stuff out. Recording Late Call's. When they were doing Late Call's, which was the late-night religious broadcast, the Directors want to get through them as quickly as possible so, basically, the recording machine never stopped. They were running to the clock! The pers[…]
[…]er and did those at their own studios. So that was an interesting first introduction to television. I think, at that time, also, the one of the other directors who ran the camera shop, he was a keen Methodist. And one of his church friends said, I've got some interesting film, I think it's interesti[…]
