John Schlesinger

[…]life in those days. Funnily enough I didn't get on with my brother, I do now but not then. Norman Swallow: Haven't I met him, didn't he work for Granada. John Schlesinger: Yes he did. He was in publishing, Roger. Norman Swallow: Yes, I did know him.John Schlesinger: Then went out on light […]

Fred Tomlin

[…]come to Cuba on Thursday?" That was it, on Thursday. So I said, "Don't be silly, you're pulling my leg." "No" he said, "we've got a job out there for Granada Television." So I said, "Are you serious?" He said, "Yes." So I said, "All right then." So we had to go down to Victoria Station and get inocu[…]

Albert Critoph

[…]ore since before taking as a Tesco store, as I say, this Globe cinema  belonged to London districts cinemas  limited. Then out of that, the Granada took the cinema and renamed it the Century, and that still stands, but alas, the Imperial cinema is now gone.Albert Critoph  19:10  […]

Reg Sutton

[…]at The Burroughs, things which helped us along was that we got the contract for Candid Camera. We did all Candid Cameras up to the last series, which Granada started to do themselves. Then we did World in Action and we had a contract with Nord Deutscher Rundfunk to do their London Diary and a German[…]

Reg Sutton

[…] did all Candid Cameras up to the last series, which Granada started to do themselves. Then we did World in […]

50 Years of British TV Documentaries

[…] running and highly regarded series like ‘World in Action’ ( Granada) ‘Survival’ (Anglia) ‘This Week’ (Thames) ‘First Tuesday’ (Yorkshire TV) […]

Robin Walsh

[…]50 years ago in 1973. You were the news editor for UTP reports. I was a rather callow youth just out of university, and I was applying for a job with Granada TV. And I, as a student that was watching what UTB did. One thing to remember, is the lunch break, you and your colleagues, you all blink cric[…]
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