[…]nd done that. Done that contract, make some money with it and do it properly. And spine Lynch's Association, they were lovely when we first did it in Edinburgh as a show per se. Blake supplied Taylor's port for the audience, the audience of the drink as they went in, so they're in a fairly warm mood[…]
[…]ll from wherever they were.Oh I see. Not from Cheltenham as a...?No. [0:01:32]OK. And after school, and further education, higher education?I went to Edinburgh, and then to the National Film School.So you did actually have formal training as a film-maker, at the film school?Mm.BECTU History ProjectI[…]
[…]ways used to try and make sure that there was in the Eurovision Song Competition about half way through, something to make people laugh.I once, up in Edinburgh, when we did it in Edinburgh, it was all going far too well and I was actually producing it myself, or not producing, I was overseeing it, w[…]
[…]me point round about nineteen fifty six. I could be wrong but around 56 in my former years as Federation of Film Society publicity chief I had met at Edinburgh. The director and producer of documentaries Basil Wright Basil Wright had taken a shine to me and we become quite friendly. And he'd always […]
[…] development of the company. And in fact, it led us to several interesting productions which concern the royal family. I did a film about the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, which Prince Philip was, of course invented and was closely involved with, and so I was able to work with Prince Philip on tha[…]
[…]a leave I was sent to the War Office Selection board the first War Office Selection Board, which was the new method of choosing officers which was at Edinburgh. I was sent there as a potential officer but I was still 18 and we went through all these extraordinary experiences of initiative and fitnes[…]
