[…]mot McQuarrie was dispatched to drag the winning candidates to the STV gantry positions so that was David's way of doing that! I: Dermot being a Director. R: David also, the BBC in by-election programmes, in those days, they didn't after 1992 where they got their fingers burned for broadca[…]
[…]t was part of the fun of people that he could have been becoming. Well, yes. He could have done more. Yes.Unknown Speaker 16:00 Yes. Good director. Good show. Yeah.Unknown Speaker 16:04 How did you spend his last two yearsUnknown Speaker 16:06 to really know how t[…]
[…]ne and, of course, I got the job! Back to wanting to become an actress and therefore I then thought, well, what does an actress do? She does what the producer tells her. What has the producer got? He's only got the stage. It has got to be films! I mean, really, the sky's the limit, it's got to be fi[…]
[…], it was 'Road Safety For Children', which I wrote and it was made. But that was instance, straight away, not a woman, you couldn't have a woman as a director.Sidney Cole : I suppose things are a little easier nowadays, but it was a hard thing then.Alan ? : Well it's television that's done that real[…]
[…]those plays continue to, to continue to be performed.Derek Threadgall 23:19 Well, talking about the BBC. Hancock had some very, very good producers on the shows. Got down here, Dennis main Wilson, Tom Randall, and Duncan wood. And he was so fortunate to have those producers. DennisSpeake[…]
[…]do that very often. I mean I always went to meetings with them and all that and listened to what they said but they didn’t make me alter much.JR: The producer’s wives were a problem.EH: Yes, well when you talk about producer’s wives who were a pain in the arse! They were very rarely involved in the […]
[…]d we were able then to distance ourselves both from Humphrey. And from and from, from Stephen. By way of footnote, Huw Weldon was am I right managing director. Yeah, in control of BBC Two, he was controlling BBC Two. And, and they were tremendously supportive. I mean, I liked Huw, who was a wonderfu[…]
[…]nger you see, "He should trust me! I won't do this, will never tolerate him again," and so on. So there wasn't anything to do - I had to find another director. So I did, and I got Bob Asher. I was very sorry about the business about Paddy but there was no other way. So I got Bob Asher and we made a […]
