John Ammonds

[…] to London to Lime Grove, Riverside and eventually TV Centre. Worked on a very distinguished career in BBC Television particularly with such stars as Harry Worth, Mike Yarwood Shows, and notably, of course, the Morecambe and Wise Shows. He then, after leaving BBC went to Thames Television, mainly wi[…]

Harry Fowler

behp 0629-t-harry-fowler-transcriptInterviewee: Harry Fowler [HF]Interviewer: David McGillivray [McG]With occasional interventions by Mrs Catherine “Kay” Fowler [KF]Transcription by David Sharp.NB: Some background noise is present from time to time. Where possible I have clarified points made, and i[…]

Bryan Langley

The copyright of this recording and transcript is vested in the BECTU History Project. Bryan Langley was interviewed by Arthur Graham on 18 November 1987.1. Improvising with film stockAG: We're on the different types of film stocks. What were their differences, and what were their special requiremen[…]

Daphne Shadwell

[…]al and performance of the talent, do you think?DS: Yes, it was, it was. I’m sure they wouldn’t stand up now, I’m sure they wouldn’t.I don’t think Sir Harry Lauder would have lasted five minutes.Daphne Shadwell Page 4DS: No, you’re right, that sort of act. But as a child, of course, we weren’t s[…]

Bill Cotton

[…]t past his office in Lime Grove, and said I understand I put you off the other day. I said well. And he laughed and said I'll buy it.John Taylor: Was Harry Pepper still thereBill Cotton Jr: No, he'd gone by then. No the people who were around then were people like Afton and Graham Muir, Harry Carlyl[…]

Bernard Gribble

[…]. He's very very fond of it.SPEAKER: M7He gets it comes up on the box here pretty regularly. And then I was assigned to a film called Bitter springs. Harry What. No.SPEAKER: M2Ralph smart real smart sorry I was in slugging it was shot in Australia.SPEAKER: M8Serious serious trouble eh. If they'd bee[…]

Roy Parkinson

[…]e road when I was 5. He at that time was making films, producing and directing as far as I know at Teddington Studios.SC: What was his first name?RP: Harry Parkinson. I do remember one incident from then when he was making a series called Detective Haigh of the Yard. [no record of this ser[…]

James (Jimmy) Gilbert

[…]t which was in the 30s were people like Dave willis who was my personal favourite, and Will Fyffe who had gone into films of course by that time, and Harry Gordon, the Laird of Inversnecky, there was Jack Radcliffe, I can't remember all of them. The ones I remember were Jack Radcliffe and Dave Willi[…]
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