[…]uch as that have ceased to exist, haven't they?Joan Kemp-Welch: Yes, because you see, they would book up, these people would book up for a year ahead. And you would go and they would look after you like a mother. There was a wonderful woman called Vina in Edinburgh and she - Peter stayed with m[…]
[…] Marshall]. John P Hamilton [Normal Marshall] yes, who was then Head of Drama, who was the first Head of Drama? Joan Kemp-Welch: […]
[…]his way, solidly and I had a little lamb, the little DVD at the end, he was like this. And when he finished, he had to come home. He couldn't get his head down.Unknown Speaker 5:45 There was a tenuous connection with the cinema.Unknown Speaker 5:48 Yes, he did tell one story […]
[…]e called producers at BBC Television way before the war but that's disputed. A man called Osoman, Ozzy, who was my immediate boss, oh Emily Watts was head of the department, I don't know what they call, Cecil was HTelP head of television programs I don't know what Ozzy was called but they all had th[…]
[…] High Road and we had talks, and Michael Barry5 as head of drama and practically everyone came along. And we had a […]
[…]pitched up at Rediffusion before it became Thames, started recruiting Panorama people for This Week, starting with his favourite producer Philip Whitehead. I meanwhile got a job in General Features, working on Cause for Concern with Ian Martin and Eddie Mirtzoff. 29.53 - […]
[…]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 […]
[…]you know, where he's saying, you know, money is just a story. It's just that we believe it. I remember about 20 years ago having an argument with the head of the Bank of Santander saying we could decide anything with money or, and and he was truly horrified. But it's just a story. And so you can hav[…]
[…]I did and he got in touch with Roy Oxley2 who had been a fellow art director, now at this time, which by now was 1951 he was at the BBC. Now the head of design there at that time was Peter Bax3 and they, now what happened, oh I think it was the usual thing, they said apply, and fill in the[…]
[…]like to come and work here. So I thought about that. And he said, we're going to Mr. Maxwell in Glasgow next. And I saw John Maxwell and he said, go ahead and I went on to start work at Elstree Studios. So on the scenario department. Linda Wood 4:31Do you have any memories of John Maxwell[…]
