Interview

[…]ers. That wasn't a good idea because I actually failed my course at university and, funny enough, failed graduates were what were perceived to be the head of Sound Department at STV's idea of the right kind of person to put in the team because graduates, at a functional level, graduates always wante[…]

Dennis Kimbley

[…]f thing? Do they resent competition? No, they didn't resent competition, they just felt that it wasn't very important. You know why they were so far ahead of everybody else. And they had such good products and their service was always very good. That How could anyone else possibly come along? Well, […]

Tom Peacock

[…]ney Cole: Hmm.Tom Peacock: So I said, "Well that won't be no good." Well we happened to have some bottles, wax bottles, you know, to crash 'em on the head didn't you?Sidney Cole: Hmm.Tom Peacock: So I said to him, "What about them bottles? I'll melt them down and I'll try and do what you want me to […]

Tom Peacock

[…] there was pressure in the studio and you had the head of department, the supervisor, shop foreman, then you had the outside […]

Julia Cave

[…]Gordon Watkins was in charge of it, and… No! Gordon Watkins and Tony Essex were in charge of the Great War bit, and Alastair Millen was at that stage head of those sort of projects. And Graceland and Goldie the head of Department.  I think you must have been there Norman at that time. Norm[…]

Alf Cooper

[…]th a cardboard tray in their lap.1Begging for money?And matches, matches and boot laces.Yes.And people are proud of Poppy Day. They should hide their head in shame.I quite agree with you.That’s my opinion of that.I quite agree with you.And that was the aftermath of the war, the Great War when they w[…]

Kay Mander

[…] young man called Geoff Davis who did the most wonderful cartoons. And our chief job there was doing the campaign sheets.Sidney Cole: Where was their headquarters - where did you work?Kay Mander: Wembley.Sidney Cole: At Wembley, yes.Kay Mander: Yes, the old Fox-British studios, which are now - [Lees[…]

Val Guest

[…]VG: That's right, and Vaughen Dean was, later on one picture of mine, I can't remember what it was, he was production accountant before he became the head of the studio.RF: As a writer and actor were you aware of studio politics.VG: The only thing we were aware of then was that there was big things […]
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