[…]Joe was concerned. And it was only thereafter, not because of the equity strike. But during the same period that actt started to organise properly in ITV and agreements, management, we're beginning to accept them. And we'd like to recognise agreements. So although Gerald was a member, obviously, ver[…]
[…]a very important person in the world of jingles when commercial television started up. And by this time of course, we’d lost quite a lot of people to ITV, which had begun in the mid ‘50s, including people like Bill Ward who were talented producers and they'd gone off to ATV and started off, and incl[…]
[…] of course, we’d lost quite a lot of people to ITV, which had begun in the mid ‘50s, including people […]
[…] also decided that the market must rule more firmly at ITV, which was described by Thatcher as, “The last bastion […]
[…]e never saw the tight, two-man crews. And this got lodged in her head, you know, I mean, famously, she had a meeting in Downing Street, which all the ITV Managing Directors attended and she opened proceedings by saying to them - "Gentlemen, you are the last living example of restrictive practices an[…]