[…]-fashioned stand-up variety comedians, which have been a huge success. It ran for 10 years. There were over 150 shows and they all still exist in the ITC library, I don’t know if the ACTT know that, but they all exist. And if you ever want to use them, you ring me or Johnny Speight. Johnny has given[…]
[…] we had lads down from Glasgow. They came down from theslums of Glasgow, how they were recruited I don't know, it could have been the Salvation Army, itcould have been some other kind of beneficial agency of that kind. They turned up, they werescrubbed, they were given a bath in disinfectant and giv[…]
[…] a living when he wasn't writing scripts [laughs]. But fortunately ITC or whoever it is stepped in very shortly afterwards […]
[…] called in those days? Linda Wood : There was an ITC television series, which was Lew Grade was it? No...? […]
[…] Independent Broadcasting Authority he is shortly to come to the ITC, there will be a stringency about cross media ownership, […]
[…] tough-guy drama (Danger Man and Man in a Suitcase for ITC). I still remember Robin Hood and Danger Man with […]
[…]nt school on the 65. So I turned right on the 27. Got off at Kensington went down Abingdon road and a little converted chemist shop, Biba. Oh, Biba. Pitch black, lots of sort of Edwardian racks coat stands, boas, everything purple, tiny little dresses. And I honed in on a little stripy number, littl[…]
[…]now we had to do Religion, Gaelic, Entertainment, News, all of that so all that brief had to be met and at the end of every year a report went to the ITC and they literally counted minutes - you know, where's your Social Action, where's your Religion, where's your Gaelic. The minutes were counted an[…]
[…]bought a single ticket on the boat to Holyhead. Came up on the train from Holyhead to Euston. Arrived at Euston at about six o'clock in the morning. Pitch dark, walked outside, thought hmm, go back until it brightens up and … that was it. And then I made my way down. It's funny now when I[…]
