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[…]endent producer, at that point, had ever done a co-production deal with Granada. I mean Granada are, I mean they are ruthless, and they now, they are ITV aren’t they, you know. I mean they... And they just... But they wanted to do this, they really wanted... It was in the tradition of the Birmingham[…]

[…]eicester Square one Sunday morning. And I walked out the foyer who should be there but “Su” [Wolfgang] Suchitsky.And it was the time of the ITV strike and this is going back a few years. ITV had been on strike for some time. And they were just about to start up Worzel Gummidge&nb[…]

[…]the thing, of course, was that cinema attendances were then so low. Because of the novelty of television, people weren't going----- INT This was when ITV started.This was when ITV started, yes. INT That was 1955. That must have been a ----That was a big blow, yes. INT A very sudden drop in attendanc[…]

[…]rticipation that the union had less and less industrial clout but in these days of course films counted for nothing the the the the money spinner was ITV, that funded the union and they were obstreperous in some respects.  The Union was beginning to fall apart it was so badly managed one h[…]