Lew Grade

[…]ty, as it were then IBA, called us and said "would you join them" and we joined them...Alan Sapper : They invited you...Lew Grade : So Val became the managing director, Val Parnell that is, I became the deputy managing director. And I suggested that Prince Littler, who owned the Moss Stoll group, be[…]

Muriel Box (Gardiner) (née Baker)

[…], it was 'Road Safety For Children', which I wrote and it was made. But that was instance, straight away, not a woman, you couldn't have a woman as a director.Sidney Cole : I suppose things are a little easier nowadays, but it was a hard thing then.Alan ? : Well it's television that's done that real[…]

Reg Sutton

[…] Mail. Because it was called British, I think he Daily Mail had 51% of the shares but Fox appeared to be the governing body. Sir Gordon Craig was our managing director.Roy Fowler: It's said he was sir because someone loused up the fact there was also a theatrical designer called Gordon Craig who was[…]

Reg Sutton

[…] to be the governing body. Sir Gordon Craig was our managing director. Roy Fowler: It's said he was sir because someone loused […]

Marjorie (Sullivan) Graham

[…]that Drake was called in Napoli, who went on to go and live in Sweden and is quite well known Swedish film director now Colin, not me. And he was the director. We chose my readers, the printer. And it was kids running around and competing, you know, for prices and so on. And we usually had an intere[…]

John Daly

BEHP transcript DisclaimerThis transcript has been produced automatically using Otter.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for any misinterpretation of the content of this interv[…]

Robert Love

[…] more topical subjects, you know. And High Road maybe being a rural soap didn't entirely fit the bill. I: And did the change of Chief Executives/Managing Directors make any difference to the, did the change, well, the change to Gus Macdonald and the other Managing Directors make any difference?[…]

Joy Cuff (née Seddon)

[…]:04:17.2 JOY: Well, Brian Johnson was working with Derek Meddings doing the models and that's always been his thing and Derek was the Special Effects Director. I hear he's got a very good reputation in the industry. So has Brian but Brian was a youngster then. And you never really had much time to g[…]
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